Mr. Speaker, after the lumber giant Weyerhauser came out in favour of a tax at the border, the Quebec minister of natural resources agreed this was a good idea.
Of course, most companies involved in the softwood lumber war, including the Association des manufacturiers de bois de sciage du Québec, see this as voluntary taxation and something that will never be collected.
Why is the federal minister allowing the various factions to fragment the united front we are presenting to the United States?