Mr. Speaker, Canada fought long and hard to get the World Trade Organization established, but by caving in on the lumber issue, we have allowed the United States to get away with another bilateral bullying tactic. By doing so, we have hurt not only our lumber industry but the very organization we should be turning to to settle disputes of this nature.
Now that the minister has seen the results of his badly thought out softwood lumber agreement, will he not admit that he should have taken this dispute to the World Trade Organization for settlement once and for all?