Mr. Chair, while it would be great to boost some domestic demand for softwood lumber, that is not the problem. This is an export industry. About 90% of Canada's softwood exports go to the United States. That cannot be replaced with domestic demand.
We can build all the homes we want, and we are all in favour of building homes here on the opposition side of the aisle, but if we do not fix the issues with access to trade markets and access to the United States, this industry will collapse. It is collapsing right before our eyes. In the process, while we are securing that access, the government should get out of the way and remove this ideological access to fibre that the 30 by 30 United Nations commitment is currently doing.