Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My father, who is now retired, was a researcher for over 40 years. He was involved in many medical discoveries. From his laboratories at the Univeristé de Montréal, he worked with CHUM and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte—Justine, renowned institutions in Outremont. In Fact, Outremont is full of professors, scientists and researchers. They are Quebeckers, Canadians, who are at the forefront of discoveries that save and will save lives.
Since coming into office, our government has reversed the funding cuts to medical research and has invested billions in science. Recently, we announced new funding for COVID-19 research for fundamental science and supports for academic researchers. We are working very hard to find a vaccine for COVID-19, and our fundamental research is helping us to understand viruses that we don't even know the names of yet. It is this work that will help us stay ahead of the curve rather than flatten it.
To all our Canadian scientists and to my dad, thank you.