Madam Speaker, in the intervention from the Liberal member, he talked about trade and he talked a lot about jobs. I wanted to ask him specifically about all of the forestry workers who have lost jobs in Canada, especially in British Columbia, where I am from. The government failed to negotiate a softwood lumber agreement as part of CUSMA. It also failed to negotiate a separate softwood lumber agreement over the last nine years of the government under three U.S. administrations.
I would like to ask the member why the government does not consider a softwood lumber agreement important with the United States, especially considering the thousands of jobs that have been lost in Canada.