Mr. Speaker, in the continuing saga of softwood lumber, the Americans unilaterally imposed countervailing duties of 19.3% last spring.
Today the U.S. department of commerce added anti-dumping duties of 12.58% for a total of over 32% penalty duties.
Now that we know the Americans' response and that thousand of jobs are at stake, what does the Minister for International Trade intend to do to help the industry and its workers?