Mr. Speaker, my question is for the trade minister.
The NDP has long called for linking energy with softwood so that Canada can protect our jobs and businesses from George Bush's attack.
Is it now government policy that Canada will link energy with softwood and have we told the Bush administration that Canada is prepared to do that or was the Prime Minister's speech yesterday just another in the endless list of tough sounding puff? Quite simply, what specific response do we have today that we did not have four months ago?