Thanks to the Conservative Party for the explanation on some of the issues.
With regard to the first one, on labour retention, I would have thought this would be something that would be heard before the human resources and social development committee. That committee would hear something like that. It's an interesting topic and I would love to get into it as well, but I would have thought it would be more appropriate there. So it wouldn't be a high priority for me to support.
But I really appreciate the one on Arctic development. I think that would be very interesting in the future, maybe in the spring, and we could take a trip up there and see some trees along the way.
I'd like to thank the other parties for their support on the forest industry. I don't agree that it's a totally provincial issue. It's also an issue of trade relations. Raw logs can only be exported by permission of the federal government when they're from private lands, and that's a huge issue for Quebec and Ontario, as well as British Columbia. Also, it must be seen by some of the Bloc that it's a federal issue, because they do ask for assistance from the federal government in the House fairly regularly. So I would have thought it would be a big issue for them, and I've heard them speak in the House.
Also, on the geothermal solar energy piece, I think that would fit nicely in with our continuation of the greening of electricity. I think there's another energy issue there. Then the natural gas and things like that, if we were going to continue on that energy piece, would fit in there together as well. So I think we could combine some of these things if we took a look at it and figured it out.
I think, as Mr. Harris said, the forest sector is a big issue for all of Canada and we should take a look at it. There are lots of issues we can talk about in a few meetings, I think, on that one.