Mr. Speaker, for two and a half years communities in my riding have been crippled by mill closures and thousands of laid off workers.
The promised federal aid is more smoke and mirrors. The result is that many families have had to leave coastal B.C. just to survive. Now, struggling workers are so distraught that 12,000 IWA workers are on the verge of a strike over outsourcing of the remaining work.
Will the government ever take the plight of B.C. forestry workers seriously and bring about a resolution while there is still an industry to save?