Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of compassion for the people of Madawaska—Restigouche. New Brunswick, like Quebec, is going through very difficult situations. I have a little less compassion for the hon. member because he belongs to the same political party as the Minister of Transport, who, as recently as August 26, said there was no solution and there was nothing the federal government could do. In this House, over the past few hours, some solutions have been suggested including some that are not new, not even to the hon. member.
For five years, the Bloc Québécois has been asking to give more teeth to the Competition Act. This is just as important to New Brunswick, where the oil companies also own the trucking companies and compete with independent truckers by taking part of the refiner's margin to decrease the cost of gas for their own trucks. It is scary, but that is the situation.
We are dealing with a vast monopoly that goes beyond the refinery. Oil companies own the trucking companies and freely compete with our poor independent entrepreneurs. That is my question for the hon. member.
The Bloc Québécois is proposing a tax credit for independent truckers. We truly need to help this industry that is in the process of being eaten up by the major oil companies that have their own transportation industry. That is the reality. We are experiencing it here. They are experiencing it in Madawaska—Restigouche. I understand truckers and the public. Nonetheless, it is also time for their Liberal government to take decisions. We cannot wait for this to happen six months from now. Many independent truckers will lose their businesses.
I am asking the hon. member whether he agrees that a tax credit should be introduced quickly to help independent truckers.