Madam Minister, I hate to contradict you, but basically the Prime Minister refused to raise the matter with President Biden. We know you explicitly told lumber CEOs, because the United States didn't want to speak to the issue of softwood, it would be left off the bilateral agenda during the recent visit.
I was told that the same CEOs gave you a suggestion, on your request, for a special lumber envoy to the United States going back to 2021-22.
Madam Minister, there is literally eight billion dollars' worth of duty deposits from Canadian companies with the United States. We see that Canadian companies, to get around this, are actually buying up American companies.
You're saying that this is a priority. One hundred days to 2,555 days, Madam Minister.... I have these letters from the softwood lumber companies. Can you please explain why the Prime Minister didn't raise it specifically with the President when he was here, if it was such a great priority?