Mr. Speaker, the aluminum sector is very important to the Quebec economy. Many years ago, I visited what, at the time, was called the Alma smelter in the Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec. I was there for a few days, working for a rating agency at the time.
Can the member tell us how important the aluminum sector is to the province of Quebec and to the rest of Canada, including British Columbia, where there are smelters in Trail and Kitimat, in terms of creating jobs? How important is that product for the U.S. economy?