Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is calling the latest statistics on Canada forest industry dismal.
Natural Resources Canada figure show the forestry industry significance to the Canadian economy is not at great today as it was four years ago.
Rafferty says the Harper government has played a role in that decline.
"Lots of people say what does government have to do with it, but government has to be a piece," says Rafferty. "and he has failed to stop the decline. He's made no significant investment certainly relative to the size of the sector."
Rafferty feels the numbers will continue to drop without federal support.
