When the issue of competitiveness arises, we very soon start talking about competitive advantage. One of our competitive advantages over our international competitors is that we are located near the largest softwood lumber market in the world.
As the members from British Columbia said, at some point, we have to stop putting all our eggs in one basket and look elsewhere. There have indeed been a lot of one-time projects, it must be admitted. However, markets develop that way in the Middle East, England and Europe. Obviously, if we look at the Asian market from Quebec, there's a whole country that has to be crossed. When wood leaves Quebec, it's already more expensive than wood from British Columbia; so when you send it across the country it becomes even more expensive. So it's not easy, in financial terms, to send it to Asia.
Our main advantage is clearly our proximity to the U.S. market, and that advantage is weakened by trade restrictions. That's why people are increasingly starting to turn to international markets, but in a very small proportion to the total volume of wood we export.