Mr. Speaker, the mountain pine beetle is now creeping into Saskatchewan's Jack pine, spreading the red tide of dead trees into the boreal forest. At the same time, the government is cutting almost $12 million from fighting the scourge of the pine beetle.
The Minister of Natural Resources said that he has B.C. buy in, but I guess he forgot about Prince George that requested funds from the program and were denied.
Does the Prime Minister believe that forestry workers in western Canada, who will lose their jobs because of these cuts, are merely fat to be trimmed?