Mr. Speaker, Canadians are learning more about the bad deal the government signed with the U.S. in its softwood surrender. Now we find out that each time a provincial government wants to make a change in its forestry policies, it will have to ask Washington for a permission slip. No wonder it had to bully the industry into accepting this bad deal.
The softwood sellout has given George Bush $1 billion for illegal trade practices and surrendered Canadian sovereignty.
Could the minister explain why he sold out Canadians in his softwood surrender?