I'd like to go on to the issue of consultation with the forestry sector and the provinces, because concerns have been expressed by the Premier of British Columbia about the anti-circumvention clause--the fact that the version he saw when he gave conditional approval did not contain that clause.
Many people in the forestry sector have said they felt threatened and that the government was saying, “You sign on this deal and support this deal or you're not going to have support for litigation, or any continuance of fighting for Canadian rights”.
Can you tell the committee today that assurances have been given to the forestry sector that if this deal is rejected by the forestry sector they will continue to be supported by the Government of Canada for litigation?