Thank you very much for your testimony.
Mr. Dupont, you presented the views of people who are not part of the farming community, and I think the committee should hear from people like you a little more often. Your testimony was extremely eloquent and I appreciated your talking about the critical role of that company in your region. You alluded to the Centre-du-Québec, which is the region I am from. It is important for our region to have a business such as Levinoff-Colbex. It is equally important for all of Eastern Canada and for Quebec as a whole.
You talked about the benefits associated with the company; however, although I would not want to bring you bad luck, I do think it's important to say that the danger would be even greater were it to disappear.
It is also important to point out that you are from the economic sector. You believe that part of our tax money would be very well invested if the government were to provide some assistance to keep this company in operation.
Have you also determined that such an investment is necessary and, in your opinion, would it allow the company to remain viable?