Madam Chair, I did put forward solutions. I said that we should make softwood lumber a priority in our negotiations with the Americans to reopen this historic market, a market that continues to increase its softwood lumber imports from Europe.
Then, we should restart our legal challenge to the U.S. tariffs, which are illegal.
Finally, we need to massively ramp up home construction by removing the taxes and red tape that are preventing Canadians from building homes. We are building fewer homes now than we did in 1972 because of red tape, bureaucracy and taxes. These homes could be built with Canadian softwood lumber.
