Mr. Speaker, I take exception to some of the things the member said. He talked about the fact that forestry has been hit hard in his riding and surrounding area. Why he is not supporting the government when it is moving to make the changes and improvements that need to be made in these areas? I will go through a few of them and later today I will give a speech that will cover this in a little more detail.
He talked about communities in his riding being hard hit and yet the NDP, without seeing the budget or the economic action plan, made the decision to vote against EI changes, to vote against work share improvements and to vote against $1 billion to be put into communities across this country.
The NDP made the decision to vote against more access to credit, which we have heard is a big problem across this country for this industry. It made a decision that to vote against the home renovation tax credit that encourages people across the country to renovate their house, use wood products and get the forestry sector moving again. It made a decision to vote against the new technology commitments that we made.
Why is it that the NDP members pretend to be concerned when all they are is critical, never constructive in their suggestions?