Mr. Speaker, Rémabec in my region announced that it is laying off 2,000 workers indefinitely. The Bloc Québécois would first like to express its solidarity with the families affected.
For years, we have been saying that the forestry industry needs a liquidity program. For years, we have been saying that we need to support secondary and tertiary processing to create more added value in the forestry industry. For years, we have been saying in Ottawa that we need a program that allows for and promotes the use of wood.
Two thousand jobs have been lost in my region. When will the government wake up?