Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Burnaby—New Westminster had me until his last comments and I do not want to go there. I want to return to the textile and clothing industry.
I must say that I agreed with a lot of his initial remarks. This is what I would like him to comment on. When listening to the parliamentary secretary talking about their policies, I get the impression that the Liberals said they were not going to support this resolution because they did not like the words “inadequacy of the assistance plan”. They say that the safeguards already exist. If all these things are going on, why is the textile and clothing industry in such a mess?
I would like the member to comment on a remark recently made by the minister in the The Hill Times . He said:
At the end of the day, it is the activities and decisions of individual companies that determine how they adjust to changing market conditions and challenges.
In other words: “We give up. We do not know what we are going to do”.