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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR)

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session

Meeting 7

Friday, December 4, 2020, 1:02 p.m. to 3:09 p.m.

Room 420, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Webcast

Presiding

James Maloney, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Mario Simard

NDP

Richard Cannings

In attendance

House of Commons

• Grant McLaughlin, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Xavier Deschênes-Philion, Analyst

• Sophie Leduc, Analyst

Economic Recovery in the Forestry Sector

Witnesses

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

• Florence Daviet, Director, National Forest Program

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

• Kathy Abusow, President and Chief Executive Officer

Tree Canada

• Léo Duguay, Chair of the Board of Directors

• Danielle St-Aubin, Chief Executive Officer

• Adrina Bardekjian, Manager, Urban Forestry Programs and Research Development

Consortium de recherche et innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec

• Mohammed Benyagoub, President and Chief Executive Officer

• Roger Laurent Bernier, Microbiologist and Agronomist

Carbone boréal

• Claude Villeneuve, Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

As an individual

• Kathy Lewis, Acting Vice-President, Research, University of Northern British Columbia

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Friday, October 30, 2020, the committee resumed its study of economic recovery in the forestry sector.

Florence Daviet, Kathy Abusow, Léo Duguay, Adrina Bardekjian, Mohammed Benyagoub, Roger Laurent Bernier, Claude Villeneuve, and Kathy Lewis made statements and, with Danielle St-Aubin, answered questions.

At 3:09 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Hilary Jane Powell

Clerk of the Committee