Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We're pleased to be meeting with industry officials to comment on this important agreement.
My first question is for Mr. Chevrette. You're in favour of a negotiated agreement meeting four essential conditions. I want to talk to you about the last two conditions. You say the agreement should avoid Lumber V for a sufficiently long period to allow the situation to stabilize. However, you now have doubts after reading certain documents. I'd like to hear what you have to say on that subject.
One of the conditions you mentioned was that Quebec wind up with a fair share of Canadian exports. Is that currently the case?
Does the agreement improve settlement mechanisms for guaranteeing the industry a certain amount of stability, in order to avoid the situation we experienced at the time of the first dispute?