First, I'd like to thank you for being here, Mr. Casey.
You mentioned the difficult situation the forestry sector is in. Things are particularly difficult in my constituency of Pontiac. Four major plants have shut down. They were American operations. This sector is experiencing a lot of difficulty. If we asked these companies and the workers if NAFTA was a good thing for them, you would get a very mixed response. A considerable number of jobs have been lost. In Quebec alone, 20,000 jobs have been lost in this sector.
In a context of free trade with the European Union, how can we promote the changes we need to make in regions like ours, while opening up the market?