Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for being here.
You've given us, and reinforced, some of the themes that have come from other deputies in terms of a balanced approach, a strategic approach. The future looks good, but there are short-term issues with respect to the various points you brought forward--the dollar, U.S. housing, the pine beetle. We've heard these things before.
Mr. Allan, on your points with respect to a balanced approach, you cited five areas, and there was a resonance from the other deputants with respect to that strategic approach.
We're trying to grapple with the short term, if I may bring back that focus. Mr. Allan, you talked about the softwood lumber agreement, and you cited it as a strength, that we should avoid litigation. It seems litigation keeps coming back. We're currently involved in litigation. I wonder if you could expand on how the softwood lumber agreement could be strengthened in the short term, or what this committee could do with respect to it. I confess I don't know the details of the agreement, but it seems the very thing it was attempting to avoid seems to be coming back. I may be wrong.
The other question was for Mr. Roberts. You talked about R and D and the conversions of R and D and innovation. You also said efforts should not be diluted with respect to marketing and R and D. Could you expand on that for the committee? I think this is a very important short-term catalyst that the industry is looking to.
Thank you.