Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question.
Times are very tough for hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers from not only the manufacturing sector, but also many other sectors.
This government does not really have a plan to help these workers. It has made cuts to EI and it cut assistance to manufacturers. It said that the market will decide and will sort itself out, but during tough economic times like these ones we need the government to show some leadership, support the economy and employers, and create jobs.
Unemployed workers have no hope right now. Many families are suffering because of the lack of jobs and because of the layoffs we are seeing across the country.