Madam Speaker, I can only speak to what happened in my riding when we were in government. When we formed a majority, when projects were on hold and money was not being spent, the gears of the economy started turning again. That was because of the leadership of Stephen Harper.
We have not talked about forestry a lot today, but as I mentioned, within the first 80 days we had a softwood lumber agreement. After nine years, these guys, the NDP-Liberals, have not even gotten an agreement done. I caught the minister during previous negotiations and meetings she had with her U.S. counterparts, and I asked whether softwood was even on the agenda. It has not been on the agenda for the last six years. We got it done when we were in government in the first 80 days. It provided surety. We also had a lot of development in forestry across the country at that time.
I hope we get back there once again. I hope we see manufacturing come back to Canada and natural resources developed in Canada, and we bring back the prosperous country we once knew and loved.