Mr. Speaker, when it comes to defending jobs, we would never tell anybody to back down. Only the Prime Minister does that.
After nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, taxes are up, costs are up, crime is up and its time is up. Last night, the Prime Minister told Stephen Colbert that his failure to negotiate a deal on softwood lumber and fisheries was a small issue. Canadian companies have paid the U.S. over $9 billion in tariffs. There are 800,000 direct and indirect jobs on the line. The forestry sector is in a crisis, yet the Prime Minister has backed down time and time again to three different presidents.
Why does the Prime Minister show so much disdain to Canadian workers?