Mr. Speaker, my colleague and I get along well, but we have a bit of a contention on how the forestry sector got into its present state. There are two critical things and his party has supported the government on both of them.
One is on the pine beetle funding, which we looked for in this budget and could not find. In fact, we have had it confirmed from the Canadian Forest Service that there is none. Folks living in my region of northwestern British Columbia are still watching the devastating effects of the pine beetle, which has been a contributing factor. The government has turned its face away from this disaster and his party is supporting it.
On the second point, which is very important, when Canada so-called settled the softwood lumber dispute, it left not only $1 billion-plus in America, but it did not insist that any of the $4 billion coming back to Canada would be invested in Canadian mills.
Does he regret that decision? Does he regret that no mills are receiving the money back from the softwood lumber sellout and that the investment which has been absent has contributed to the downfall we are now seeing in the softwood industry?