Thank you.
I would note just from the trade statistics that in recent years our second largest export was lumber, and about our sixth largest export was newsprint, so we do have those sectors represented in our exports.
Looking at western Canada and B.C., there are benefits to a range of products, largely agricultural products such as pulses, beef animal feeds, canary seeds, and forest products such as paper, paperboard, and wood building materials. When it comes to forest products, we exported $8.2 million to Jordan in 2009, which is up from $4.5 million in 2008. The elimination of Jordanian tariffs, which currently range between 15% and 30% on wood products, could benefit Canadian exports of goods such as doors, frames, joinery, shake shingles, and building materials.
We also exported $2.7 million worth of paper or paperboard products. The majority of these products weren't subject to duties, but there were duties on some products, such as toilet paper, paper towels, facial tissue, stationery boxes, corrugated cardboard. There is a range of products that would benefit from the FTA.