Mr. Speaker, 280 forestry workers learned yesterday that they will be losing their jobs a few days before Christmas. They include 160 workers in the Mauricie region and 120 in the Outaouais. Our thoughts are with the families who are being so brutally tested by this financial and social tragedy.
In the meantime, what is happening here in Ottawa? We have a Liberal government that is being honoured with the confidence of the Bloc Québécois but is still insisting on its threat of issuing a forestry order.
Is there a minister here who can stand up and say it is a good idea to issue an order when the industry is suffering right now?