Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the hon. member for Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, which is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful parts of the country. I am sure he will be a valuable member of the international trade committee. I hope that we will be able to work well together.
I would like to go back to the forestry industry issue and the impact of the softwood lumber agreement across Quebec: thousands of jobs were lost and the Government of Quebec lost the power to make decisions to protect the industry. The Government of Quebec is in the very same boat as other governments, including that of British Columbia, because it cannot make decisions to save communities hit hard by the economic crisis. Its hands are tied because of the softwood lumber agreement.
Did the Bloc Québécois make a mistake—