Madam Speaker, the motion from the Bloc says in part:
That, in the opinion of the House, due to the increasing number of factory closures associated with globalization--
Our colleague from B.C. is talking about the fishery issue. Does he think the issue of fisheries and older workers in his region has anything to do with globalization? Is it not just that there are fewer fish than there used to be? It is not because people are buying more fish elsewhere in the world that we cannot harvest more.
In my own area, for example, globalization is not to blame if fish plants are closing in the Acadian peninsula. There is just no cod left in the sea. The same thing is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador. Globalization has nothing to do with fish plant closures.
This motion is a partial one, dealing with a small part of the issue. It does not cover all workers who lose their jobs when plants close down and job disappear because of a lack of work.
Would the hon. member care to comment?