Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the member. I had also hoped to ask the member for Yukon the same question as he was looking for suggestions.
I would like to remind the member and the House that during the last five years a number of suggestions to better prepare ourselves to avert a problem in the softwood lumber have been put forward. It started quite some time ago. Suggestions came from the official opposition, the Bloc and the Conservative Party but they have not been heard.
We heard some good suggestions from the leader of the official opposition today which would offer immediate help, such getting people on employment insurance and ensuring that they did not have to wait 13 weeks for a paycheque to survive from day to day. Thousands of people have been laid off and they are hurting badly.
These suggestions are falling on deaf ears and have been for five years.
I have talked to some people in the industry and to some elected people in my province. We have come to the conclusion that there are some things we can do, so I will make the suggestions. I do not know what the member can do about it but perhaps he can help.
The trade minister should resign for his failure to do what he should have done. The minister responsible for the wheat board, the minister of agriculture and the industry minister had better stop, pull in their horns and resign before they get us into more trouble with the United States on these negotiations. Or do we have to wait until an election when hopefully these guys will be thrown out of office?