Mr. Speaker, I am delighted that my hon. colleague recognizes that the Bloc Québécois is acting responsibly in voting for the agreement. The Bloc is not doing so because this is a good deal, but because it allows companies to get back money they cannot do without, if they want to survive.
I expect the government to act as responsibly in admitting that the deal is insufficient. An additional aid package is needed. The measures he mentioned, particularly those to address the tree disease in British Columbia, may have some positive impact in that regard, but the end result is huge inventories of unsold lumber. It does not resolve the crisis in Quebec or Ontario.
Here again an aid package is needed. The Bloc Québécois is the only party to have proposed one. We hope that the Conservative government will recognize that additional measures are required. The government has to put in place what the Prime Minister talked about. The only answer provided so far was that of the Minister of Industry. And that minister does not believe in government intervention, not at all; he is prepared to let the forest industry hit a brick wall.
Will the government follow through? Can we expect tangible measures to be announced within the next few days?