International Trade committee  On the costs, I'd like to make a comment. When you compare costs to litigation, I think the industry paid $2.3 billion in export taxes, plus the $1.4 billion Canadian, okay? On the other point, when you look at the job losses, let's take the example of Ontario. Fifty per cent o

International Trade committee  It's simple for Quebec and Ontario. The Ontario system has been tested. It's fair trade, and Quebec's system is a copy of the U.S. Forest Service one. Based on that, I think Quebec and Ontario should benefit from free trade. It's NAFTA.

International Trade committee  I can address this one dispute settlement we have in NAFTA. It's called chapter 19, and it's supposed to work really well and quickly. They're supposed to have their decision within 352 days, but it doesn't quite work this way. If I have any advice to give to the federal governme

International Trade committee  I think that it works really well. It took five years basically to get the decision, and if you look at the decision, it shows that Canada won all the way with chapter 19 in NAFTA. I think that we have a demonstration that this dispute resolution works. Make sure that it's there

International Trade committee  From 2005. I can forward the decision to you from the chapter 19 panel of NAFTA. Basically it's a force of law. Well, it was supposed to be the force of law.

International Trade committee  They just basically made exactly the same thing with SC paper, so they used the new provisions they have. Now with the adverse facts available, they can make it up. I think that on SC papers, the Canadian industry is paying a tax now, certainly in our company, that it's made up.

International Trade committee  My view on this, which I shared with Madam Freeland, is that I think the U.S. wants to have support from Canada on the TPP. I think we should remind the U.S. that if they want to have the support of Canada, they should basically abide by the rules of NAFTA and make sure that NA

International Trade committee  Off the top of my head, I believe it's close to 5,000 jobs in the Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region, but it's important to consider the bigger picture. In 2006, just prior to when the agreement came into force, Quebec had 82,000 jobs, and by 2015, that number had dropped to 55,000.

International Trade committee  I also sent my views following a meeting with Minister Freeland. She is very engaged in this file and with consultants. We're insisting on NAFTA. NAFTA is an agreement that has been signed between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. There is also dispute resolution. With Madam Freeland

International Trade committee  People don't talk much about it, aside from the coalition. Recently, we've been seeing signs of support for free trade in the U.S. I believe the National Association of Home Builders, the National Retail Federation, and the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Associati

International Trade committee  I'm going to go quickly. I have had the benefit to work in Quebec, Ontario, and B.C., and I think that the interests are not identical. Certainly now you're aware that B.C. bought 40 sawmills in the U.S—5 billion of capacity. That's about the capacity of Quebec. I think that

International Trade committee  It has a real impact. The tax is $30 million a year. Every year, we have to pay that amount because of those charges. We are not alone. There are two other companies that are not subsidized in Canada—one in British Columbia and one in New Brunswick. They also have to pay the tax,

International Trade committee  I'm going to take this one on supercalendered paper. First of all, I would like to make a quick comment on the regime that we have in Quebec. With regard to article 12 of the softwood lumber agreement, Quebec has asked many times since 2013 to have the system verified. It has n

International Trade committee  The Government of Canada. Well, it's both, but when we talk, we talk to the Government of Canada; we don't talk to the U.S. Regarding SC paper, it's an interesting question that you asked because I think it's clear that when the U.S. Department of Commerce came basically to audi

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this opportunity to talk with you today about the future of softwood lumber production in Canada. My company, Resolute Forest Products, is the largest producer of softwood lumber east of the Rockies. We are als