Mr. Speaker, foreign mining giant Xstrata has just announced it is shutting down the copper smelter in Timmins. This is the same company that slashed 700 jobs in Sudbury in defiance of its obligations under the Investment Canada Act. Under the act, a company must prove itself a net benefit to Canadians before it is allowed to walk away with our resources.
We warned the government about Xstrata and it did nothing. Will it go after Xstrata the way it is going after U.S. Steel, and stand up for our copper and nickel communities of the north?