Mr. Speaker, as the World Trade Organization prepares to hear the complaint lodged following the imposition of countervailing duties, Canada is continuing its discussions with the United States on softwood lumber. The special envoy of the American president will be in Ottawa tomorrow.
If the aim of the government remains a return to total free trade, does the Prime Minister intend to ask himself the special American envoy to pass on the following message to President Bush: “Respect the spirit of the agreement and suspend all of the duties on softwood lumber until the WTO has made its ruling”?