That's fine. Thank you.
The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement, which came into being in 2016, after the previous agreement expired, has now expired.
The Standing Committee on International Trade, in its report following its study, made the following recommendation:
That, on a priority basis and as soon as possible, the Government of Canada establish the parameters of a new softwood lumber agreement with its American counterpart.
What has prevented the negotiation of a new agreement?
For example, there were the trade negotiations leading to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, or CUSMA.
Why didn't the government use that opportunity to tackle this issue head-on, since we knew all the irritants?