Mr. Speaker, I just came from Washington, where Canada is being known for its concessions right now, and that is what that deal is about.
The decline of the automotive sector, including General Motors' most recent cutthroat tactics, has become routine business in Canada. Under successive Liberal regimes, Canada has sunk to 10th in automotive manufacturing. With half a million jobs lost already, nothing seems to move the government to urgency.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said he is considering a plan despite being handed one a year ago by his automotive adviser, ironically funded by workers now being fired.
Could the minister explain why the Prime Minister has done nothing over the past year—