Mr. Speaker, it so happens that I spent the weekend discussing this with representatives from the lumber industry in all the provinces. I spoke to about ten of them. I had close consultations with them personally and also through my team, my department.
At this point, there is no great desire to have discussions with companies now, because they feel that the lines of communications are wide open andthat the dialogue is very successful.
Talks with the United States will resume on November 12, on solid ground. Tomorrow, Mr. Racicot will pay us a visit and then we will decide on how to go about this issue.