Mr. Speaker, the consumer group which represents 90% of U.S. lumber consumption is urging Canada not to drop our NAFTA and WTO appeals by agreeing to an export tax on lumber. Its spokesperson said that having the two countries agreeing to this tax is like two companies getting together and agreeing to fix prices.
The minister stood in apparent solidarity with the consumer spokesperson when she was in Ottawa only one and a half weeks ago. Why do the minister's actions sound so different now than then?