Mr. Speaker, we have been working with the U.S. government on resolving this issue from the very beginning of our mandate.
We know that thousands of jobs and communities across the country depend on forestry. It is our duty to keep working very hard to protect those jobs and create more opportunities in Canada's forestry industry. We know that Americans do not want their housing and construction costs to go up. Canada is a major supplier of softwood lumber for American consumers.
We will keep working with the U.S. government to resolve this frustrating dispute.