Mr. Speaker, I too just spent the weekend at the Quebec summit and I would like to commend the police for an outstanding job.
We heard all weekend from President Bush about the shortage of energy in the U.S. and its desire for Canada to significantly increase its exports in oil and gas. He made it very clear that they are in a serious situation and are looking to Canada for help.
On the other hand we heard very little from our Prime Minister or Minister for International Trade on softwood lumber. Our Prime Minister was more interested in being an amigo and hoping to get an invitation to the White House for dinner.
Why the silence from our government on softwood lumber? Why was there so little on softwood lumber?