Mr. Speaker, the Minister for International Trade has been claiming that the sawmill industry is on side and that the industry is happy with the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement.
However, several Quebec lumber companies are now taking the minister to court over the export quotas they have received under the agreement. They say the minister bungled the quotas. The industry claims the minister missed the boat when he set the quotas. It wants the minister to quash the present allocation and issue quotas that are more in line with reality. Thousands of jobs are being lost across the country because the minister bungled the deal.
What specific action does the minister plan to take to resolve this situation?