International Trade committee  Well, as I said in my presentation, we think the $5 billion should be returned, of course. If any money is returned, we know that the federal government has participated in getting it back. Taxpayers' money has paid for that, and millions upon millions of dollars have been spent

International Trade committee  I have a question. Could you tell me when the MPs' vote on this deal is going to take place?

International Trade committee  Okay. You also mentioned that you would like to take this committee out to B.C.

International Trade committee  I would strongly recommend that you do this, because we all know that 50% of the industry is in the province of British Columbia. Also, there was some mention by Mr. Pierre Marc Johnson about the industry being very different in Quebec from what it is in B.C., for example. I woul

International Trade committee  As I mentioned in my presentation, the higher Canadian dollar is one of the most significant problems facing the industry. But let's just consider that higher dollar and compare it to the tariffs we've been paying. If this agreement is implemented, tariffs will increase because o

International Trade committee  No, not at all. As far as that goes, the federal government should be helping the industry. In my opinion, no one would have opposed it; in fact, there would have been a lot of support. I believe the federal government has a responsibility to support the people of Canada, the for

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. We have always been in favour of loan guarantees and assistance programs. Right from the beginning of this dispute, two or three years ago, our union made representations to the federal government. They were along exactly the same lines as what you just said—in o

International Trade committee  Merci, monsieur le président. Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of 280,000 Canadian members, 50,000 who work in the forest sector, the United Steelworkers find it extremely unfortunate that we are here today. This is because we believe that the deal we are considering is a poor on