Mr. Speaker, following the request made by Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick, and Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec's minister for the regions, the federal Liberal member for Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok just announced in Chandler that there would be no additional support from the federal government.
How is it—during a crisis that is affecting thousands of workers and fishers—that the federal government refuses to work with both Quebec and New Brunswick? How can the government refuse the requests made by Quebec and New Brunswick?