Thanks so much, Mr. Niquidet.
Mr. Laplante, I wanted to give you a moment to expand on your proposal, which is a philosophical one I hope will become a manifest reality. It is related to industrial policy in Canada.
Canada, as you are well aware as an economist, is a resource-rich country. Much of our economic output and outlook is largely based on raw material production and raw material export, including softwood lumber.
You speak to a really important piece of how we can modernize our economy here in Canada and how we can become more competitive in the United States and all across the globe. That's by ensuring we have value-added products.
I come from Alberta. I come from an oil-rich province. We talk about this issue a lot. We talk about diversification of our oil. We talk about diversification of our assets. We talk about becoming more relevant and more productive and having bigger paycheques for our workers because of it.
Can you speak to why diversification is important for all of our natural resource sectors, in particular softwood lumber, as a means to increase not just wages for workers in Canada but also our production?