Mr. Speaker, I want to give my hon. colleague a heads up that my own brother was the number one person on the IWA seniority list. He finally left the Canadian white pine mill in Marpole after 45 and a half years of service when my family came to Canada. One of the thing he was always concerned about was the fact that B.C. liked to export raw logs. When raw logs are exported, jobs are exported.
The hon. member indicated that we received $4.5 billion back on the softwood lumber deal, but he forgot to mention that we left $1 billion behind that was owed to Canadian companies. I want to know why we left $1 billion behind in the softwood lumber deal and also, what is his view on exporting raw logs to the United States, which in many ways exports our jobs?