Welcome. Thank you for your presentation.
As you are aware, Mr. Martel, I represent a Quebec riding that has a lot of mills situated close to the border. These mills are smaller than those of companies like Tembec or others.
During the softwood lumber dispute, which lasted too long, these people slipped back compared with the Europeans, the Chileans and the Americans. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
I would like to know the Forest Products Association of Canada's view on this. How do you see the situation? In Canada, we always prided ourselves in being the leader in the forestry sector. Does this position still belong to us or did the dispute affect us in this regard? I am talking here of the smaller mills.
I will ask you a second question later. For now, I would like an answer to that one.