Madam Speaker, New Democrats have been consistent in our approach to strengthening our industries here in Canada and strengthening good-paying union jobs. How we do that is by making certain that there is predictability for the export of goods, the creation of those goods from raw material and value-added production for those goods here at home.
Why has it taken so long, even today, for the government, for the Liberals in particular, to reject the strategy? Why not participate in a policy like the one the New Democrats are calling for, which is to increase our ability to create value-added products we can make here at home?