Thank you, and thank you, Minister, for joining us today. I'm pleased to put my question forward and share with you what I've heard from some of the businesses in my riding of New Brunswick Southwest.
Over the course of the summer, I had the opportunity to speak with a number of Atlantic Canadian fabricators and hear some of the impacts of the tariffs that they discussed with me. These include the limited supply in Canada for certain shapes of steel, the longer time frame for sourcing alternate supplies, the profitability of currently quoted work and work in progress, as well as the need for relief on the cost impacts of imported U.S. steel destined back to the U.S. once it has been fabricated.
I'm going to start, Minister, with two questions. The first is, would you please explain how remission orders will relieve certain market participants from the pressure they are currently experiencing? My second question is, how has the government been consulting with small and medium-sized businesses to explain the tariffs and connect them with the necessary supports?