I think it's important that people understand that, when I tabled and sponsored Bill C-429, my goal was not to promote the use of wood to the detriment of steel. Steel certainly has its role to play in the market. But we also want to give wood its rightful place in the market. We simply want to ensure that the sun shines for everyone.
When drawings and specifications are being prepared, we will just be putting another player on the ice; that is what we will tell the forest industry and our sawmills—on the North Shore, in Manicouagan, there are municipalities like Schefferville, Fermont, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Sept-Îles and Baie-Comeau which have mining resources. There are also a lot of sawmills, such as in Rivière-Pentecôte, Rivière-Saint-Jean, Baie-Trinité, Ragueneau and Forestville, which are closed.
To answer the member's question, I would say that the government will come out a winner once it has created a structure and lumber suppliers can bid, in the same way that steel suppliers can. And when there is market competition, we should end up with better quality and a better price.