Mr. Speaker, it is not my riding; it is my province and my country.
There is a real cost and real suffering. Tembec's sawmill in Chetwynd shut down a week ago. Canfor just announced a temporary closure of several mills.
It is beyond numbers, it is beyond statistics, it is beyond words. It is about the men and women and their families who have lost their jobs and are in danger of losing whatever they have earned all of their lives.
I ask the Prime Minister to stand in his place and say what is he doing for them.