Thank you very much.
I appreciate your leeway, Mr. Chair, in taking a little more time than Peter. I understand I'll have a shorter window now, to keep us on track.
It's such an important issue for us to continue to work on. I think the best answer that we've heard in testimony is to get rid of all tariffs and all quotas. That would be the ideal situation, in particular because of just how integrated our markets are. We've heard stories about different businesses in the United States also hurting.
I've travelled with both Tracey from the NDP and Randy from the Conservative Party down to the United States. We've put that message forward that tariffs, no matter what product they are on, mean an increase in prices for consumers. It's a tax on Canadians and Americans. It's not good.
We saw with the softwood lumber example—I just met with the Canadian Forestry Association's president—that the average price of American homes for the middle class just went up $10,000. It's not who we are. We are both countries of free trade, as well as Mexico. Hopefully we can get down to that particular program.
There are some other relief programs that are in place for steel companies. Has my friend in P.E.I. applied for any of that particular programming? Then after hearing from him, I'll ask Barry as well to comment on that.