Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate that my colleague is not as pleased with my remarks today, but I could say the same thing about his.
What we have to understand is that the softwood lumber agreement is behind us. The industry strongly recommended and asked that we support that agreement, because people were genuinely going hungry. Certainly battling the Americans is like David and Goliath, and the solutions are indeed not very simple. That is why we have to look ahead now. We have to look at where this industry is going and what we can do to support it. We have neglected it for too long. Certainly, in our opinion, loan guarantees are the essential element of all the measures we are suggesting in this motion. I was pleased to hear just now that the NDP will nonetheless be supporting the motion. There is a desire to support the forestry industry, and that is a very good thing.