Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for your presentations.
I will only address the trade tribunal, and my colleague Mr. St-Cyr will ask you further questions later.
As members of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, you provided a good presentation of your activities. I met with representatives of the Quebec furniture industry, who, after having lodged a complaint, were told by the tribunal to do their homework. They are reluctant to push further, because on the barbecue issue, for example, despite your positive ruling—you recommended that the Minister of Finance impose import duties on barbecues manufactured in Southeast Asia; I do not recall exactly which country these barbecues were produced in—but the government did not follow up on your recommendation.
What do we say to people who are wondering if they should spend between $200,000 and $250,000 to prepare proceedings regarding possible safeguard measures, when, to my knowledge, the government did not act upon one single one of your recommendations regarding safeguard measures as sanctioned by the World Trade Organization?