Goals will simply not be met. The legal obligation to protect threatened species, species at risk, will not be fulfilled. Both the Government of Quebec and the federal government have this legal obligation, and they have an opportunity…
I would like to elaborate on what I was saying earlier. For Charlevoix specifically, it is possible to find solutions and prevent repercussions from snowballing on companies like the one Ms. Lavoie represents. For example, they could adopt the scenario proposed by Quebec, which is built on a consensus in the region and was recommended by the Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards.
In that particular case, all the repercussions that are causing anxiety for Ms. Lavoie's company could be vastly mitigated. It is just a matter of turning to these solutions. Obviously, all the researchers working collectively are telling us that we need to act quickly. If not, we are going to completely miss the goals. The Government of Quebec has had more than enough time to act.
In August 2022, it signed a joint press release with the Government of Canada in which it said it had the will to move toward protecting all the herds in Quebec. In the meantime, no action has been taken since that announcement.
It is time for action.