Mr. Speaker, the NDP was the first to call for an aid package for softwood industry workers who have had their lives shattered by illegal U.S. tariffs. The Liberal government flatly refused. It said that the existing employment insurance program which it has hacked and slashed to bits was enough. Now it has admitted that our tattered wreck of an EI program is not enough.
This week the government began making vague assurances that help is on the way. Vague assurances will not put food on the table for the workers caught in the middle of this international dispute.
What specifically is the government doing to assist workers affected by the softwood lumber dispute?