Thank you, Minister, for being here, and thanks to the officials from your department as well for being here today.
As you indicated and as you properly noted, this is a dynamic situation and I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all solution. It's clear that the suite of relief measures is working for some who have applied, but I think we all agree that we want it to work for everybody who is eligible. I think we're all in agreement that's the goal of this committee. The ultimate goal obviously is to get rid of these unjustified tariffs. Short of that, we need to have a relief program that ensures that everyone eligible for the relief gets it in a timely manner. I think we can all agree with that, and whatever steps you can take to make sure that happens would be most appreciated.
I want to talk about a little case study from my riding. We have a lot of manufacturing in my riding, but not so much steel and aluminum. I have a rather large building product supply company that relies on aluminum for things like eavestroughs, siding and those types of products. The problem is that they can't buy any of their inputs from Canada. They buy all their inputs from the States, which are obviously taxed and tariffed as they come north, and then they sell a lot back to the States. So they're getting a double whammy, so to speak. We're helping them navigate through some officials from your office, and I think we've been successful in getting them hooked into the program that applies to them. I think they will be able to apply for some of the stuff that was announced Thursday.
It took a lot of work on the part of my staff. Is there any way we can equip local MPs with maybe...? It's just getting the message out there that there's the program there and then helping our constituents navigate through the program, hopefully successfully. At the end of the day, we're in different parties on this committee and all that, but every MP around this table, for sure—and I know every MP in the House—wants to help their constituents in any situation. In this particular situation it is urgent, as we said.
Is there something we can do? Maybe you can elaborate on some of the communication tools that are out there. Is there anything on the finance website that we can direct our constituents to that maybe wasn't there even a week or two or a month ago?