Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for this very helpful testimony on where we are in the current situation.
In response to Monsieur Martel, I can inform the committee that the minister was at a round table with members of the softwood lumber industry as recently as January 13.
I'm going to ask a question of Ms. Yurkovich. You mentioned the importance of a team Canada approach. That's critical to what the minister has been doing, along with the Prime Minister and Minister Wilkinson, in raising this issue in as many instances as possible.
Minister Ng was accompanied by some members of this committee from opposition parties in Washington in December to raise this issue. During that trip, she also met with the National Association of Homebuilders, which was referenced by several of the witnesses in their testimony.
Minister Wilkinson has also been engaging his provincial and territorial counterparts. At the North American Leaders' Summit in November, the Prime Minister engaged on this issue directly with Joe Biden.
The question I have for you, Ms. Yurkovich, is that we are where we are. We're sensing a bit of intransigence on the part of the Americans to reopen this. Do you have any creative solutions as to how we could influence them to make it a priority for reopening and get back to the negotiating table? We all believe, as does Minister Ng, that a negotiated solution is in the best interest of Canada.