Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of Natural Resources. We were at the same meeting on Monday of last week, the premier's summit. Two days after that meeting the Minister for International Trade in Ottawa said that there was no job loss due to the softwood lumber dispute, that it was due to restructuring. I wonder if the minister would like to distance himself from those remarks.
The minister in his speech studiously avoided the issue of a tariff management scheme whereby, either through EDC or through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, there could be a very appropriate way for the government to act with some urgency to keep the Canadian coalition together. I know the minister supported that on March 29 and I wonder if that support is still there.