Mr. Chair, despite the ramrodding through of this legislation, each clause in Bill C-24 has an impact on softwood companies, on mom-and-pop operations right across the country. We're not making it easy for them to make any sort of viable business. We know that the softwood sellout itself is not commercially viable. There is a whole host of clauses that are retroactive to these companies, and as every single witness who appeared before this summer who actually is involved in the industry said, it is not commercially viable when things are retroactive. We have to make things simpler and easier for the softwood companies, and one of the ways to do that is to ensure that they get effective and adequate notice from the minister. That can only happen by registered mail. Notify a person in writing, how? Drop a letter in the mail and assume that it gets to somebody? With registered mail, we know that the party involved has received the notice from the minister. And we have to make it easier for the softwood companies.
On November 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.