Mr. Speaker, it cannot be said that the parliamentary secretary does not care about the shipbuilding industry. There is a shipyard in his own riding. I met with him during the summer. He is worried about the industry, but he seems to be the only Liberal that is. He is unable to convince his colleagues to do what the shipbuilding industry and unions would like them to do.
What is stopping the Liberal Party from holding the shipbuilding industry summit Liberal candidates promised during the 1993 election campaign? They were talking about the following year, 1994, but five years have gone by.
It could be dismissed as an election promise but, more recently, members of the Liberal Party from the maritimes also called for something to be done for shipbuilding, for a good policy to be developed.
Again, just recently, the Liberal premier of New Brunswick, Mr. Thériault, criticized the Minister of Industry's attitude. The minister always says that he has a good policy but, if it is as good as all that, why is the shipbuilding industry operating at only 40% of capacity?