Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am delighted to see my friends from the Lac-Saint-Jean region. I certainly would not have missed this opportunity to meet you and talk with you. Thank you again for appearing before this committee.
As we know, as of June 1, 2018, there has been an exemption from this unfair and unjustified surtax imposed by the United States and their unpredictable president.
Mr. Thibeault and Mr. Toupin, I am going to try to make my questions as short as I can, in order to give you more time to answer them.
The Government of Canada is taking in about $2.5 billion per year from the surtaxes. In your opinion, how should we use that money to help the industry, particularly in the Lac-Saint-Jean region?