Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would just like to set the record straight in a number of areas. Mr. Julian referred to a vote by the Board of Directors of the Quebec Forest Industry Council. That vote of 35 to 12 was not to reject the Agreement; rather, it mandated the Executive to seek amendments. Even without amendments, the majority of members of the Quebec Forest Industry Council adopted the Agreement in late August.
It has been stated repeatedly that the Quebec forest industry is against the Agreement, but that is completely untrue. Both the Quebec forest industry and unions have asked that we support this Agreement. This is a rather elastic and completely inappropriate interpretation of Quebec's position.
We fully agree that this is not the best of agreements, but at the same time, it is not correct to say that the industry and the unions have not given their support. That is a distortion of reality.