The negative impact is at the administrative level. Industry players understand that the agreement signed on October 12 was put in place quickly. However, the effort that was made to put the system in place should be recognized. It's a system that requires an enormous amount of management.
Obviously, the rule differs with each province, which complicates the administration. Considering the present market, the specific interests of the companies are different. Some companies operate and need a larger export quota. Other companies aren't operating and need a lower quota, but they nevertheless want to retain that right.
This is causing a debate, as Mr. Lazar said, about assistance for the industry in general, not to individual businesses. Lumber companies currently have quotas that are too small and must therefore restrict their operations, while others have surpluses and want to retain their quotas.
Job losses are the direct consequence of that. That means lost income for the federal government, since the export tax is Canadian revenue. That's where the problem lies.
As for the agreement, it indeed isn't perfect, but, given today's prices, I don't dare imagine what the scenario would be if there were no agreement. I think that the choice of the moment was nevertheless relatively good for the purposes of reaching an agreement.