That's exactly it.
If we break that amount down by province, that's about $2.5 billion for Quebec. That's 155,000 direct and indirect jobs. Sometimes, people think it's simply a regional industry outside the major centres, but it actually supports many small and medium-sized businesses, and there are also head offices in Montreal and the major centres.
Do you have a strategy or vision for the new negotiations? For the forestry industry, it isn't just the new tariffs that are extremely harmful; it's mainly the countervailing duties associated with the tariffs. There's the impression that the government may not be doing enough in terms of negotiations. This may be the fifth or sixth trade war.
How do you see that, Mr. Wiseman?
