Mr. Chair, the extraordinary and unjust tariffs that we are facing right now were not actually present during the election. The Prime Minister did negotiate with the United States and, in fact, 85% of our products, in general, are tariff-free. They are covered under CUSMA.
Our fundamental problem with the United States and the softwood lumber arrangement is that the United States administration believes that it does not need our lumber. As long as it thinks it does not need our lumber, it puts us in a very bad negotiating position to try to negotiate. The fact is that it is wrong. The U.S. does need our lumber. When it realizes that it does need our lumber, it will sit down with us and talk in good faith. When it is ready to sit down and talk with us in good faith, we will be more than willing and able to do so.