I think the concern is that we don't know what's being done. When other negotiations are taking place, there's an indication, there's public reporting of the fact that the minister or the Prime Minister is going down there, that there's an effort, that there's something that's happening on the ground. It doesn't give us an insight into actual negotiations, but there is a signal of that effort. That's what we're not seeing.
I was just in Washington with the Canada-U.S. parliamentary group, and there's nothing happening down there. The embassy is saying they're not in active negotiations to remove this. What we're looking for is an understanding of what we can do. I think we're all in agreement that we have to do something and that we all want these removed. They're illegal; they shouldn't be there. We agreed on all of those things, but we need a plan going forward.
We need a plan about the tariffs and making sure that the money that's being collected is reaching people on the ground to help sustain them. We heard quite clearly here that it's not. That's a very huge red flag of concern, because if they're not getting that support, that money's just piling up in general coffers and not helping people who are being impacted.
The other thing is, why don't we have a team on the ground in Washington right now doing exactly what we did around the renegotiation of NAFTA? This is as serious an issue, as devastating an issue as the renegotiation of NAFTA, yet we're not seeing that national attention to it. This is why the Prime Minister really needs to explain what he's doing.
We've had briefings from ministers not in public, but in camera. We're not asking to reveal our cards. We want these tariffs removed, but there doesn't seem to be any type of plan to make that happen. Whether it's the Finance minister, the Foreign Affairs minister, who also deals with the U.S., or the Prime Minister, we're not hearing about anything happening. It's concerning to me that in Washington they're not either.
There's strong support on the U.S. side. Republicans and Democrats want these tariffs taken off Canada, too. There is no space between what we want and what they want, but we need to plan to make this happen. I think that's what we're looking for and what companies, businesses and workers are looking for, too.