Mr. Speaker, as I said to my hon. colleague at the end of the Chamber, it is one of the roles of government to support people when they are in the kind of difficulty we are seeing in the lumber industry and some of the maritime industries.
However what I hear from over there is sucking and blowing. The hon. member said his party, whatever it is called at the moment, is no longer against EI. Yet he wants support for unemployed workers. Today's motion calls for offsetting trade injury measures for the agriculture and lumber industries. That means support for the industries, something I support. At the same time the Canadian Alliance says an Alliance government would end corporate welfare subsidies because it is not the place of government to pick and choose which businesses should have the advantage over others.
What I hear over there is sucking and blowing at the same time. That is not easy, even for members of that party.