Sure.
You're saying the only other appropriate action here is for the federal government to intervene in the monetary policy, and that's not something I would recommend. If that were the only other potential action to modify the problem being caused for manufacturers because of the exchange rate, I wouldn't recommend it.
These are market signals. The demands for western Canada's resources aren't necessarily coming from within the country; they're coming from our trade links with other countries. These are signals that are beyond our control, and our policy at the federal level risks doing further damage if there's monetary policy intervention.