Mr. Speaker, the secretary of state's measures to promote economic diversification do nothing to help the 450 workers at Laterrière right now. Retraining them for another sector is fine and dandy, but what they need if they want to get their old jobs back is a loan guarantee for the cooperative.
Why is this government, which is so out of touch with reality, stubbornly refusing a solution that costs so little, yet is so right and obvious?