Mr. Speaker, as the member knows, the Liberal Party will be supporting the motion because, in fact, it mirrors the plan that it had in 2005 for the forestry industry, which included loan supports for research, new technology, skill development and community adjustment. Unfortunately, as the member also knows, the Conservative government cancelled that plan in 2006 to the detriment of the forestry sector.
There is a comprehensive plan now but there is problem. The Conservative softwood lumber deal basically took tens of millions of dollars out of the equation when the government made that deal and left all the billions of dollars in the United States. The irony is that the Bloc Québécois supported that deal, which I understand cost some 20,000 forestry sector jobs since the Conservatives formed government.
I wonder if the member could advise the House why the Bloc Québécois was in favour of a flawed deal but now is fighting for the forestry sector.