Madam Speaker, the arrogance of much of that response reinforces what my constituents have told me on their doorsteps.
The parliamentary secretary mentioned job losses resulting from both COVID and a global price collapse. However, 200,000 jobs were lost in this sector before COVID. Before COVID, Shell, which he mentioned in his response, left Canada, divested itself of Canada. I do not know off the top of my head how many of the employees Shell has shed worldwide were in my riding, but I can assure the member that this is close to home. The government has chased jobs out of Canada, and he knows this if he knows his file.