Mr. Speaker, this is the height of incoherence, but we are starting to get used to that.
The assistance plan that the government plans to introduce would apply only to older workers in the textile and softwood lumber industries. Yet older workers in the clothing industry, such as those at the Cardinal plant, and in the furniture and appliance industries, such as workers at the Whirlpool factory, have all been victims of massive layoffs, and they too urgently need an income support program.
Why does the government not create a real assistance plan for all older workers throughout Quebec, especially since it has the means to do so?