Madam Speaker, I found the presentation given by my former colleague from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities very interesting.
However, I do not understand one thing. Though this motion, which we will support, the Bloc is trying to fix what it destroyed by supporting the Conservative Party softwood lumber sellout. My hon. colleague will respond that that is what Guy Chevrette wanted. However, in Mr. Chevrette's testimony before the committee at the end of August, he explained that the industry in Quebec is currently being wiped out by this Conservative government. What he wanted was loan guarantees. What did that take? It took an opposition willing to work to stop the softwood sellout and put in place something that would have been more sustainable in the long term.
Quebec lost thousands of jobs because of this softwood lumber sellout. Since last week, Quebeckers and Canadians are now being forced to pay an additional $68 million. Now we are learning that there is more. Because of this softwood sellout, another $400 million in penalties will be imposed on Quebeckers in a few weeks.
Is the member ready to publicly admit what the Bloc Québécois members admit in private, which is that it was a mistake to support the softwood lumber sellout and to help it pass—