Mr. Colin Barker (Director, Softwood Lumber Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development) at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

I'm happy to speak to the softwood lumber funding. That is the amount of $29 million. All of that funding goes to the support for the litigation of the ongoing softwood lumber dispute and also for the operations of our permitting regime for softwood lumber and logs. I'm not aware of the ombudsperson position, but I can get information on that and get it to you. The $29 million is dedicated to the softwood lumber file.