Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the guests we have here today.
Surrey Centre is home to one of the largest softwood lumber mills...and employers in the province and perhaps even in the country. As you are well aware, lumber prices are very high right now. In fact, there are record highs of $800 per thousand board feet, or more. It's good for the industry currently, but my fear is that the Americans may retaliate again, as we've seen in patterns in the past.
What pre-emptive conversations or work has your office done with the Americans to make sure that this doesn't happen?