You may know that I come from a small town in Quebec called La Tuque. It's a town that has long depended on the forest for its livelihood. There's a pulp and paper mill and sawmills around town. I understand that reality very well. It astounds me somewhat that your party has no understanding of the balance between the state of the forest and the state of an industry like forestry. It's because we haven't taken care of our forests that, in my town of La Tuque, there are only a few hundred mill jobs left, whereas not so long ago there were thousands.
On September 18th, 2024. See this statement in context.