Mr. Chair, I would like to move the following motion:
That the committee undertake an in-depth study of the impacts of an emergency decree on the lumber and forestry industry and that this study focus on identifying: The socio-economic impact of an emergency decree on communities across Quebec, given the economic dependence of many communities, such as Sacré‑Coeur, on the lumber and forestry industry; The impact of an emergency decree on lumber and the forestry industry, given that the Quebec government has assessed that at minimum 2,000 jobs will be impacted; and A plan to protect caribou with minimal disruption to the lumber and forestry industries and Quebecer's livelihoods. To this end, that the committee hold a minimum of 6 meeting and that the committee invite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry for a minimum of 2 hours respectively, with priority given to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada within seven days of the motion being passed, as well as: Invite the Boisaco Group for 2 hours with other major forestry groups, companies, unions representing impacted workers, representatives of the First Nations concerned, community representatives and any other witnesses the committee deems necessary; Order that the government produce all socio-economic analysis completed on the impact of the federal decree, including all projected job loss analysis, within 14 days of the motion being adopted; The committee write a letter to natural resource committee asking the chair to immediately recall the committee in order to plan a study on the federal decree; Committee denounces federal government interference in provincial jurisdictions; Report to the House that the federal government immediately abandon all plans to impose the federal decree in order to save jobs and resource development in regions of Quebec; and Report its findings and recommendations to the House.
Mr. Chair, we know that nearly 2,000 people work in the forestry industry—