Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his remarks and comments.
I would like to hear what he has to say on this topic. They have described the situation the forestry industry is in and talked about it. I agree with many of my colleague’s remarks about the subject. But we also notice that the government is suggesting that this is a new problem caused by the economic situation, when we know the industry has been struggling for two or three years or even longer.
Does my colleague agree that the government should have been doing more, much earlier?
In the 2007 budget that was approved by this House and Parliament, $4.6 billion was set aside by the government for investment in infrastructure, but it spent only $1 billion. This goes to show how little it cares about these problems. Does my colleague agree with me on this?