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takes the logs and makes rough green lumber”; see the following from pages 1970 and 1971 of the
transcript:
Q. And in your other report, you refer to it as “old, inefficient, costineffective”.
A. Because it was only half the mill. I think I was looking - - in this
term - - you have to understand, there’s a term for a sawmill and
there’s a term for a plant. You know, they’re not the same. They
don’t mean the same. The sawmill plant means the whole plant with
the sawmill, the kilns, the planer mill, the log processing. A sawmill
is just the part of the mill that takes the logs and makes rough green
lumber.
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
[127] Mr. Van Leeuwen was the only expert witness who testified on the issue of damages. His
expert report on damages was entered as Exhibit P-15. Pursuant to Rules 279 and 280(2), his report
was deemed to have been read into the record. The Defendant consented in this regard.
C. The Defendant’s Witnesses
[128] Mr. Ron Irwin, a former Minister of DIAND, was the first witness to testify on behalf of the
Defendant. Mr. Irwin originally hails from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. A lawyer by training, he was
first elected to Parliament in 1980 and he was appointed Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development in 1993, as well as a member of Treasury Board. He served as a Cabinet Minister
until the spring of 1997 and in the course of that appointment, there was contact with representatives
of LPL concerning the mill project for Watson Lake in 1996.