Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for coming forward today. It's important to have your testimony.
This is the second day of hearings. As you know, this committee will be discussing later today a motion to continue the softwood hearings in British Columbia over the next few weeks. Hopefully we'll have all-party support for doing that. Given that British Columbia is the heartland of the softwood industry, I expect we'll get all-party support to do that and take this committee to Vancouver so that we can hear from the many producers who have expressed strong concerns about this agreement.
I'd like to start off by following up on the question from my colleague Mr. LeBlanc on the termination clause, so that we're all very clear. The original draft proposal for July 1 started by saying--I'm referring to article XX, clause 33--that after 23 months after entry into force, either party may terminate this agreement, and it goes on. Am I correct, then, that your comments indicate that the agreement would now say that after 18 months after entry into force, either party may terminate this agreement?