Mr. Chairman, I am absolutely in agreement with the hon. member for Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik and I greatly appreciate the question from France Gagnon. She is absolutely right.
I have had the opportunity to tell that directly to U.S. secretary of commerce Donald Evans in Washington on September 10. I found it unacceptable to include, along with all the rest of the softwood lumber industry, the lumber remanufacturers, who are adding value to this commodity. They are not part of the case and ought to have been exempted.
This has been stated very clearly and I trust that Statistics Canada will be able to provide them with figures that demonstrate very clearly just how much they ought never to have been included in the American petition.