Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech and I would like to ask a two-part question.
As members will recall, the forestry crisis has given rise to many problems over the past 30 months, or since the Conservative government came to power.
I would like my colleague to answer the following. Has the government understood? Has the government listened to the demands? It was forewarned of the situation, of the economic crisis and the situation in the forestry industry. Did the government do anything?
Second, the Conservatives were also forewarned of the possibility of a deficit, but they said not to worry and that there would not be a deficit. I will ask my colleague the question. Has the government heard anything that we told it in the past 30 months? Did the Conservatives get the message or are they simply turning a deaf ear?