International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the question. There are a number of companies that are excluded from many of the terms of the agreement because they were excluded from the trade remedy cases themselves under softwood. These are predominantly mills that either use logs imported from the

International Trade committee  No. And they're not completely excluded. They have, of course, some parameters to their actions so that their status cannot be used to go around the regulations that have been put in place. There are requirements to show production levels and these types of things in the agreem

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. I'm not aware of our policies towards doctors, so I can't make a comparison of that. However, any company that is exporting softwood lumber products to the United States would fall under the terms of the agreement unless they are within a specific exclusion.

International Trade committee  Not at all. The Softwood Lumber Agreement has terms and conditions that are neutral for any residual litigation elements that are continuing beyond the effective date.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Harris. Mr. Temelkovski, I apologize if I misunderstood your question in my response. I would ask my colleague, Dennis Seebach, to speak a bit about what is referred to as “new entrants” coming into the market and what their conditions are under the Sof

International Trade committee  Does that answer your question, Mr. Harris?

International Trade committee  Perhaps I can give a general answer, and then to Dennis if there's a need for any further technical information. Of course the surge mechanism is applicable only to the regions that have opted for option A, as Dennis has just explained. The surge option allows for exports to be

International Trade committee  No, it doesn't, because the surge mechanism kicks in at 50% of the charge. So if there's no charge, then there's no additional—

International Trade committee  Yes, thank you very much.

International Trade committee  Perhaps I could just add, Mr. Chair, with respect to the consultation, it was initiated some time ago. It's extensive at the technical level and moving up, as there is an understanding of various provincial views with respect to that. As my colleague Dennis Seebach has mentioned,

International Trade committee  Perhaps, Chair, before we go to the remanufacturers, I can just first of all take note of the advice received that there should be explicit reference to consultation to the provinces. I think this committee is better placed than I am to understand. Mr. Seebach mentioned that we w

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I will just to add to what has been said by my colleagues, who are much more knowledgeable. Of course, there is a definition of independent remanufacturers in the agreement itself, under annex 7C. There is a certification process under way for obt

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. With respect to the question about duties collected on October 12, when the agreement and hence the charges came into force, I don't have a specific amount, because it's a question of what was collected on the U.S. side of the border, not on the Canadian sid

International Trade committee  There was none that we're aware of. It was the one day in terms of the transition. I'm not sure if we've had any companies.... I'll ask Mr. Seebach.

International Trade committee  That's right. The companies that paid know the amount, and they're aware they are getting the money back. They contacted us to seek clarification, and we advised them. For those companies that had to pay—and they all know that they should be paid on October 12—this is a point of