Mr. Chair, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola.
My colleague has been in Parliament for only a short time, but I believe he has really distinguished himself in that short time as being a very competent, capable and conscientious member of Parliament.
We have been without a softwood lumber deal for literally thousands of days. When Conservatives were in power, we got a softwood lumber deal very quickly. What does it say to Canadians that the Prime Minister is more worried about jet-setting than about saving Canadian mills and Canadian jobs?