As we said in the opening remarks, when you look at the proposed countermeasures that have been laid out by the government.... Leading up to this consultation, we did some quick costing of those. We're looking at nearly $2 billion that would be generated through that piece, so there's a lot of money to work with.
One success story we've seen, in a way, is the quick movement on the softwood lumber action plan, which was in large measure a mitigation plan. The difference with that plan is that this was money that didn't come from a new revenue stream.
We have some new opportunities here to think about how we would approach this. In the case of the impacts—and our figures are showing that in excess of 40,000 direct jobs will be touched by these tariffs by the U.S.—the magnitude is going to be much larger than what we've seen so far. We're talking about enhanced work sharing and other employment insurance top-up measures. They're all contemplated in the softwood lumber package, but I think these are things that we should consider here. The big-ticket item, which Quebec was very quick to move on, is the idea of trying to keep these facilities operating. That's where there is money to be used for reinvestment, which is good. There's money that can be put through loan guarantees, which is also a good measure.
In addition to that, as we mentioned in the opening remarks, is thinking about other competitive advantages we can look at through broader social programs. If you ask any manufacturer, our health care system is a huge benefit and a cost saver when we're talking about cross-border trade. Now's the time to be making more movement toward a new pharmacare program, something that would also keep skilled people in Canada but also alleviate some of those extra cost burdens. Those are just a few ideas we've been thinking about, and that $2 billion could come in handy, and could be put to good use.