Mr. Chairman, I would simply like to remind everyone that we were supposed to await the decision of the finance committee, where a similar motion was tabled, before coming back to this one. Yesterday, the motion was voted down by the finance committee, which explains why I am bringing up this motion today.
In my opinion, it is entirely appropriate that the committee adopt this motion, since it did look into the major crisis affecting the forestry and manufacturing sectors. The motion calls for the government to implement an assistance plan for the industry, to allocate funding to Technology Partnerships Canada and to provide reimbursable contributions to companies. This motion ties is perfectly with the report that was unanimously endorsed by the committee. Therefore, I would encourage committee members to back this motion. In so doing, we would be able to continue this debate in the House and help the manufacturing and forestry sectors. Our assistance would certainly be greatly appreciated by stakeholders in these sectors.