Excuse me, Mr. Minister, but the amounts you are talking about are peanuts compared to the $2.7 billion in loan guarantees that the automobile industry in Ontario is getting. You have not answered my question: why is the federal government unable or unwilling to give loan guarantees to the Quebec forest industry? That is what the forest industry is asking for. Earlier today, people were saying, Mr. Chevrette principally, that businesses were going to close, that they would not be ready for the recovery that should be happening towards the end of 2009 or in 2010. Hundreds of municipalities in Quebec make their living from the forest industry alone. This is what they have to look forward to. You say that you are providing $40 billion, that you set up a fund of $1 billion last year and will do the same this year.
Last year, when you testified before the Standing Committee on Finance, I told you that you should have provided trusts and communities with assistance per job lost, as it should be, not by proportion of the population. Last year, Quebec received $2,000 per job lost while Alberta received $23,000 per job lost. This year, you are using the same calculation again, and that is of no help to the population of Quebec, Mr. Minister.