Mr. Speaker, consultations with U.S. partners confirm two important things.
In 2006, we had a softwood lumber agreement thanks to prime minister Harper's very strong political will to resolve the matter.
The government of this Prime Minister was not firmly determined to renew the softwood lumber agreement and that has put us in a weak position.
The Prime Minister did not keep his word to resolve the softwood lumber agreement issue within 100 days of President Obama's visit, so can he resolve it now?