Mr. Speaker, this debate we are having tonight, which was put forward by my colleague from Windsor West, is a really good reminder of how important it is that we are doing the work to support workers and Canadian products. In my home province alone, British Columbia has exported more than $5.7 billion in wood products to the U.S., more than $3.5 billion in agriculture products and over $8.2 billion in energy products, including $4.8 billion in natural gas just last year.
Why have we not seen the government take the industrial strategies my colleague from Edmonton Griesbach spoke so well about tonight in his speech to see value-added products, like the B.C. softwood products, for example, to see workers supported, to see Canadian products developed and to see our local Canadian economy supported? Why have we not seen the government do that to prepare us for a situation like we are in right now?