Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's very detailed question and explanation of the situation we are in right now across the country.
It seems as if, with all the travels around the world, the Prime Minister has forgotten that there are whole towns all across this country that are shutting their doors. That is what happens in the lumber and forestry industry because the industry encompasses the entire town. We are not talking about one or two retail stores closing. We are talking about small towns across this country. That needs to be remembered, and we need to have sympathy for these towns, which have survived, many of them, for 100 years or more.
When we are at the negotiating table with any new partner, I ask the government to please bring up softwood lumber.