Mr. Speaker, we have been discussing this issue with the Americans for a very long time. We had an agreement that worked for five years. The provinces and the industry want an agreement.
We would prefer a total free trade agreement, because, as I said to the president, “If you want Canada's natural gas, and Canada's oil, why don't you also want Canada's wood, if we have free trade?”
We are working toward an agreement and we hope to have free trade for softwood lumber just like—