Mr. Speaker, Canada has tens of thousands of forest workers in dire straits. Forest companies are hurting.
There is a federal bonding program run by Export Development Canada that has been so poorly contrived that not a single Canadian forest company has been able to use it.
The government has made no attempts at dialogue or any movement of assistance for laid off workers who are exhausting their medical, dental and EI benefits.
Why is this government ignoring rural Canadians, rural Canada and our most important export earning industry?