The question was asked when it came to foreign temporary workers, and I agree with the answer. We need support. It should be noted that these workers hold one in three jobs in Quebec's agricultural sector. If we succeed in developing agriculture and agri-food, it's thanks to these people who come and work here.
Mr. Fournaise would surely agree with me that it's important to stay the course when it comes to processing. Otherwise, if the pace of processing decreases, I will suffer the consequences as a producer. That's paramount. Access to these funds has been simplified in recent years, which has been beneficial.
One of the topics we haven't touched on yet is the Canada Infrastructure Bank, or CIB. That's an interesting program that has many millions of dollars in funds but that unfortunately isn't suited to our SMEs, meaning our businesses, our farms. That program should be adapted because large sums of money are involved. However, people are having trouble getting these subsidies.
When it comes to diversification and investments aimed at developing and growing our exports, we need resources like the CIB's to support us and to avoid increasing the debt in the agricultural sector, because we also have to think about the young people to whom we want to transfer businesses. That's another area where we're noticing a slowdown and feeling the impacts.
We have to have a vision not only for tariffs, but also for the development of agriculture and agri-food.