Madam Speaker, this week, the Crofton mill on Vancouver Island shut down.
Growing tariffs and lack of access to local raw logs have forced over 30 mills in B.C. to close. The unemployment rate in forestry doubled in the last month. On south Vancouver Island alone, hundreds of trucks are arriving weekly to export raw logs to foreign countries, as approved by this government.
Our proposed Canadian sovereignty act would legalize rapid resource development in Canada, giving mills across B.C. a chance to survive. Will the Prime Minister protect our industries from rising tariffs, reduce raw log exports and work with Conservatives in the face of American threats?