Mr. Chair, I am not sure exactly what the hon. member is advocating. If he is advocating a series of short term band-aid solutions where a government throws money at a problem and it has no long term effect, that is not the policy of this government. When it has been done by other governments it has been a colossal waste of taxpayers' money.
There is change in the economy. This is to be expected. We should not resist change in the economy. We should recognize that change in the economy is normal.
Yes, sometimes people suffer because they lose their jobs when an economy is shifting around. We see this in forestry now. It is not just Quebec. It is Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and New Brunswick. The forestry sector itself told us in our prebudget consultations, and I am sure they would say the same thing to the hon. member, “We have to retool. We have to become more technologically sophisticated, otherwise we are just not competitive in the world. We need to be competitive to be sustainable. Do not give us band-aid solutions. Give us long term, sustainable tax planning that we can rely on, so that we can become more innovative over time”.
This is the future of that type of industry in this country. At the same time, let us welcome the fact that Bombardier is looking to hire 700 more people and that companies in the financial services sector like Morgan Stanley in Montreal are looking to do the same thing.