Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I find these measures entirely appropriate for the purpose of guaranteeing a present for an industry that has an enormous future. First, we'll have to set the stage and promote the environmentally friendly aspect of wood. We must reassure the entire world that cutting down a tree is an act that can be good for the environment.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Few industrial sectors can imagine as flourishing a future as the forest sector. It's curious, but I think that, 40 years from now, people will be fighting on earth over land use. We'll have to feed ourselves, and 9.5 billion human beings with more money in their pockets will eat.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Thank you. I will speak. After all I've heard this morning, I've come to the conclusion that we have to make a gift to an industrial sector that has a real future. Everyone agrees that the forest sector, that the planet, that the world will need more and more forest products. The great paradox is that our industry currently has no present.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to thank committee members for hearing the representatives of Quebec's 130,000 forest owners. From the outset, I entirely share the concerns of the people who are here with me around this table. However, I would like to emphasize the concerns of forest producers who have been some of the most forgotten players in this crisis.