Mr. Speaker, it is $1.2 billion and some of that has been taken out of companies in my riding.
The softwood lumber industry all across Canada is concerned with the current state of affairs. Forest workers in my riding are out of work, bills are not being paid and many communities are suffering again. What assurance will the Minister for International Trade offer Canadians that a softwood lumber deal with the U.S. will this time give us long lasting peace and civility? Or will the government's inaction be responsible for putting us through this horror in the next five years?