Mr. Speaker, after hearing the comments from our colleague on the other side, we understand why the member for Lac-Saint-Louis says that conflicting decisions are being made.
On the one hand, we signed the Kyoto Protocol and we feel it is urgent that we work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anyone who cannot see the urgency of the situation is not playing with a full deck; just think of all the disasters happening around the world. In spite of all that, some still think we are creating jobs. Of course, we are creating jobs because of the forest fires. We are creating jobs in areas where we are destroying the planet.
It is dispiriting to hear a member of Parliament speak like our colleague from the other side. However, I do want to thank the member for Windsor West, who clearly cares about the environment. It is really not very brilliant to say that the $250 million given to these companies will have no effect on the environment and will create jobs. I can assure you that the $250 million invested elsewhere would also create jobs, but jobs for the future.
Let me give an example. There is in my riding a company called Marmen. This company builds wind generators and sells them worldwide. The demand is very strong. We would like to develop the port in Cap-de-la Madeleine to make it easier to ship those wind generators, but National Harbours has no money for that. They do not have the $2 million or $3 million needed to build a wharf on the river, in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, to help this company sell wind generators. Marmen creates hundreds of jobs in the renewable energy sector. This really is money well invested.
I had a question for the member for Windsor West, but I will get to it later. I will just make some comments. I would like to congratulate him, but I will not congratulate the Liberal member opposite who asked a question. It is not smart at all to say such things. It is not too smart either to support the bill now before the House.
I would like the member for Windsor West to tell us what we could do with the $250 million that we are giving to the oil and gas companies, which do not need it at all. What research could we conduct? He mentioned Toronto and Montreal, two cities that have real pollution problems. I would like to hear his comments on this.