Mr. Speaker, I would thank the hon. member for pointing out some of the issues on Vancouver Island, which I certainly identify with since the same issues are happening in my riding and some of the same concerns, with the loss of jobs and mills closing down.
She mentioned Catalyst in Crofton and Campbell River. We have one mill remaining in Port Alberni that is still functioning, but it is more or less on life support with the downturn in the pulp industry right now. So I appreciate the member pointing out those losses and the job losses right now.
The member raised the log export issue. She would know the complications with private lands and public lands, and of course, with federal and provincial jurisdictions. However, the real problem we are faced with is the collapse of the market. With the terrible downturn in the U.S. and its surplus of houses, the Americans are not building homes. They are not using our products. They are not buying them right now. That is the problem. That is why the products are not moving.
I want to ask the member whether she feels that the $170 million that the government is putting forward to help in forestry initiatives that are directed at diversification and forest innovation are not the very things that she is asking for to help get our forest industry going again.