Mr. Speaker, I could name a few too: Electro-Motive Diesel, Caterpillar, John Deere and now GM yet again. We are talking about family-supporting jobs.
The Minister of Finance said, “Automotive engineers, assembly workers and parts manufacturers are the foundation of many communities like my riding of Whitby—Oshawa”. Has the minister given up on his riding?
Since the government took power, the manufacturing sector has collapsed. Six hundred thousand manufacturing jobs are gone. Why has the government abandoned Canadian manufacturing?