Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to start by responding to a couple of things Mr. Masse was saying. He mentioned that we're not doing anything to do with moving vehicles. I found that pretty astounding, because we do have a $12 billion secured credit facility, which witness after witness has identified as the most important thing to move forward on, and he voted against it in the budget. We need to get that budget passed in the Senate so we can start flowing that money.
On the other side of things, regarding the jobs, I would remind the member that of course the reason we're going through this whole process, the reason we're even having these discussions, the whole purpose is to protect jobs. That's the whole purpose, because we can all relate to what it's like to have families and payments and things like that, and we're here to protect jobs. So I just want to clarify those things. That's what this is all about.
I'll give some context here. We talked about this the other day. We're talking about lending as much as $8 billion and possibly more. When you break down those numbers, you're looking at about just under $250 per Canadian man, woman, and child. For a family of four, it's $1,000 we're talking about.
I asked this question of one of the witnesses yesterday, but I'll ask it of Mr. DesRosiers.
I know you're in favour of our going forward and lending this money. What do you say to that family of four from whom we're asking for $1,000 of their money in terms of the loan? What do you say in terms of why they should agree to it, and will they see their money back?