Mr. Speaker, that is not an answer. The 19.3% countervail expires on December 16 and the anti-dumping fees imposed today will be refundable if companies respond.
The minister is continuing to encourage negotiations with a format lending itself to predictable divide and conquer strategies employed by the U.S. department of commerce.
The minister has no mandate to do this. Will he display leadership, call the national stakeholders meeting and reinvigorate the Canadian position?