Mr. Speaker, the news came as a shock: the Arbec mill in Port‑Cartier is laying off roughly 100 workers.
The federal government needs to wake up. Forestry industry representatives, including Arbec, were in Ottawa less than a month ago to share their concerns and discuss solutions.
A wage subsidy is needed, precisely to prevent layoffs like those in Port‑Cartier. For the sector in general, the federal government must offer 50% of the countervailing and anti-dumping duties to be paid.
How many more layoffs will it take for Ottawa to actually do something?