Mr. Speaker, the mission of this government is to care for the most unfortunate among us, and yesterday it failed in that task.
Does someone not have to be disconnected from reality to think that a sawmill worker who has spent 40 years of his life in a sawmill is going to be able to get retrained and re-enter the labour market at the age of 59, under a program like the one the government is proposing?
Why does a government decision to give oil companies $250 million call for just two lines in the budget, but it is always impossible to do something for workers?