Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that my colleague from Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup supported our government’s softwood lumber agreement, which gave our industry a new breath of life. Last week, he could have helped the forestry industry, as he seems to claim to be doing in his remarks. In particular, he spoke about biomass conversion. The economic action plan sets aside $1 billion over five years for green infrastructure, with projects for biomass utilization, projects that are directed at communities, among others. There is $1 billion for communities, not to mention an amount of $170 million that is provided directly for the forestry sector, along with measures to stimulate the current weak demand, particularly from American customers. On one hand, we want to encourage demand, and build up infrastructure with increased lumber content in buildings. At the same time, as I have stated, we want to encourage home renovations that will certainly lead to increased demand for lumber products.
Why does my colleague not support these budget measures? Why is he not standing up for workers, especially in the forestry sector?