Madam Speaker, my colleague spoke about the $170 million over two years for the Canadian forestry industry as being peanuts. That is exactly what it is: peanuts in comparison to the needs expressed by the people in the industry. In my view, he could also call that peanuts in comparison to the amounts given elsewhere, which nobody denies. A total of $2.7 billion was given to the automotive industry and to banks, without any accountability measures. Three billion dollars will go into the pockets of the Prime Minister for him to spend as he pleases, without being held accountable to the Parliament. The forestry industry really gets only peanuts. I would like my colleague to confirm that.
In the House of Commons on March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.