Madam Speaker, I am sure my colleague knows that British Columbia is also facing a crisis in the forestry industry. Over 30 sawmills in British Columbia have closed. Thousands of people have lost their jobs and many of our communities are really suffering.
One of the ironies of all of this is that at a time when people in the forestry industry in British Columbia are losing their jobs, there has been an increase in the export of raw logs, unfinished logs, out of the country. Instead of turning those logs into finished products of some kind, instead of manufacturing them into finished products in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada, we are sending these raw logs out of the country.
I wonder if, like me, the member believes that we should restrict or even ban the export of raw logs to ensure that Canadian workers get a chance for a job turning those raw logs into products here in Canada.