Madam Speaker, I agree with a lot of what my colleague had to say in her speech. The forestry industry has been a disaster over the last number of years. Approximately 20,000 jobs have been lost and I do not see anything being done in the House. This did not start with the recession. It started three or four years ago with the softwood lumber agreement, which was a major disappointment. It provided $1 billion to the American competition to fight us and that will probably be used for the next 10 years. I see us being shut out of that market or our capacity diminished greatly.
The member talked about the $1 billion community development trust fund. I analyzed that and I did not see any conditions or strings attached to it that indicate it would help any forestry worker or any town that was affected by the downturn in the forestry industry.
Since it looks like we will have difficulty in the American market right now, does the hon. member see any new markets that Canada should be exploring on this issue?