Thank you so much, Monsieur Lemire. It was really terrific to have us in Washington as team Canada, when we were down there before the end of last year, showing Canadian strength and how we are all working together for this very important sector. I know how important this is to Quebec and your riding.
What I would say is that we are going to continue doing that work, but I`ll mention what else we are doing. My mandate is also about creating new markets and helping businesses diversify so that they can look beyond what is a good market south of the border and to new markets.
I think about this really terrific company in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec. It's a producer of flooring and lumber products. Recently, back-to-back trade shows in Canada and India, through the good help of our trade commissioner service, resulted in an initial purchase and a shipment of rotary-cut veneer in 2020. That's an example of one company. It's important to make it about people, the companies, and what we are really doing.
This study is about my mandate. My mandate is to help our businesses diversify, find those markets and help our businesses—like those really great Quebec businesses in softwood lumber—to find those additional markets and diversify.