Canada is confronting critical challenges that will shape its future – chief among them the housing crisis and an increasing demand for energy. A solution to both lies within one of the country’s greatest assets: sustainably managed forests. By harnessing their potential, Canada can address its housing shortages and energy needs while simultaneously advancing its environmental goals.  …Canada’s housing and energy needs can be met through one common resource: its forests. With mass timber, the nation has the tools to rapidly and affordably address its housing crisis, and through better use of biomass residues, those homes and communities can be heated with a renewable fuel source. In a country that is home to more than 9 per cent of the world’s total forest area, and with a sector that is globally recognized for its sustainable forest practices, all that is needed now is the political will to scale these innovations to meet Canada’s growing needs.