I'm curious about this.
We received some figures from the Business Development Bank of Canada on Friday. If I do the math for all the players in Canada—including the players in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario—a total of $700 million in loan guarantees seems quite low, with a maximum of $20 million.
Since the sawmills in question are often smaller, with fewer employees and fewer people who can take these steps, I'm afraid that the most vulnerable players will end up running out of money. Instead of operating on a first‑come, first‑served basis, shouldn't a more detailed analysis take place in order to give a helping hand to the companies that really need it?
This question will ultimately remain unanswered, since my time is up.
