Thank you very much.
I am aware of who's chairing. I was instructed to direct my answers through the chair, so I will do that again this time.
I thank the member for the question. Obviously that was a private conversation. I'm not privy to the nature of the discussion.
When we raise these issues, including at very senior levels with the United States, typically they acknowledge that this is an important issue for Canada. It's one they're prepared to work on with us, but they require a level of support for any direction that the U.S. government may want to take that would be supported by their softwood lumber industry, represented by the U.S. Lumber Coalition or the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports.
At this point in time, there does not appear to be support within the U.S. industry to negotiate a long-lasting settlement, and I would presume that was the nature of the discussion that leaders held.