Mr. Speaker, last week Canada scored a clear win on the softwood lumber dispute at NAFTA. Therefore, it might come as a surprise to some that the Minister of International Trade seems to be adamant on bypassing this with some kind of negotiated settlement.
The government negotiated with the Americans last fall but the proposed agreement was so bad that the provinces and the industry rejected it.
Why is the minister insisting on going down this road again when we are winning this dispute at NAFTA?