Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I too would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your presentations. They were most precise.
I will put my question to Mr. Rutenberg, given that we do not often have the opportunity to hear witnesses from the United States.
Even though a lot of people in the softwood lumber industry would have preferred the negotiation route via the framework agreement, they told themselves that, despite the legal victories that had been won, they would never be able to come to an agreement with the Americans.
In your opinion, would it be possible to establish between Canada and the United States free trade conditions for softwood lumber? Free trade exists for virtually all other trading sectors.