My thanks once again to the interpreters.
Our ridings meet in the north, where the Manawan Atikamekw community is located. To the south is the community of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, where a graphite mine project is under development. I really applaud the support that the government's given it.
However, the sawmill in Saint-Michel-des-Saints has been closed since August because of U.S. tariffs. It reopened following the closure of Louisiana-Pacific, and it's the largest employer in the Matawinie RCM.
In early August, the sawmill announced that it was closing. A few weeks later, still in August, the federal government said it was going to propose an assistance program. It's mid-December now, and the sawmill still has no access to this assistance program. Hundreds of workers are unemployed. Nearly as many SME employees and self-employed workers gravitate around this sawmill.
Is there anything you can do to help them?