We've had a very wide range of meetings, even over the past month, and regular calls with all provinces and a group called the Business Advisory Council, which includes a very broad spectrum of producers from across the country. We have, of course, reached out to first nations and unions as well.
In that context, there are a number of elements that continue to emerge. First of all, there is broad support for the certainty of having an agreement that makes it clear that U.S. producers can't take trade remedy action against Canadian exports, and that this certainty would last for a reasonable period of time. There's no point, we've been told, in negotiating an extremely short agreement. The point is to have certainty for the industry to allow investments to proceed.
We have heard about the issue of optionality; that is, some parts of the country and a large part of industry in those parts of the country believe that quotas can be made to work. In other parts of the country with a similar situation, the concern is that given the particular commercial circumstances it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for a quota to work properly. In that kind of circumstance, we are seeking an agreement that provides for some flexibility in how the fundamental goals of the agreement are met.
There's also concern that the level of market access to the United States be reasonable and reflect our long-standing presence in that market. Certainly, we have heard very loudly and clearly from the Atlantic provinces that because of the particular circumstances in these provinces, the exclusion they had under the previous agreement, and the treatment they've had in previous investigations, should be reflected with an exclusion in the current agreement.
We have also heard from across the country, but particularly from Quebec, a desire to have a provision in the agreement that would provide for the possibility of having an expeditious and impartial review to see if an exclusion for a particular province is warranted in the future because of policy changes or simply because of new information that comes to light.
These are critical elements, but we've also spent significant time talking to smaller producers and have heard from them a particular interest in ensuring that high-value products get special treatment to recognize that they are not central to this dispute. We've also heard from producers that certain very specialized products should be excluded, given that they are very low volume. We have also heard from smaller producers the importance of having special treatment for remanufacturers, that is, companies that take basic lumber materials and make them into something that involves further processing.
These are the sorts of issues that are part of our negotiations.