Mr. Speaker, if we do not want to have the same kind of problem again, we need a decision, not an agreement with the United States that would leave this issue open for debate, that would see us doing as we did in the past and leave us back where we were to begin with. Worse yet, when it comes to the temporary export tax, the industry tells us this is unacceptable. Things are even worse than when there were quotas.
How can the minister talk of settling the issue before the WTO and NAFTA—which is what must be done—when he is still prepared to make proposals the industry does not even want?