Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
The shipbuilding industry in Canada operates at an unfair competitive disadvantage as other countries around the world have shipbuilding policies that give them bank loans, equity funding, lease packages and shipyard credit.
The Minister of Industry stated that unless you elected a Liberal none of the priorities for this government would be in the top ten priorities of his department.
Will the minister create a shipbuilding policy that will even the playing field for Canadian shipyards competing against shipyards in foreign countries and help—