Mr. Speaker, the softwood lumber industry is still waiting for a resolution to this issue with our American counterparts. The parties have not met since February.
For tomorrow's meeting, the Americans have made it clear that they will not budge on some very critical issues: self-imposed border tax, return of the $1.2 billion in duty taxes already collected from Canadian companies, and whether Canada will be required to drop its lawsuits at the WTO and NAFTA. Which of these three issues is the minister going to compromise in order to strike a deal?