Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Honourable Minister Fox, Ms. MacNaughton and Mr. Casey, good morning and thank you for joining us today. Thank you for your presentations as well.
Ms. MacNaughton, I too would like to express my deepest sympathies. Thank you for joining us today and for your very moving testimony.
As my colleague Ed Fast said, the committee is unanimously in favour of this measure. My party has actually put forward a motion in the House to increase the duration of sick leave to 50 weeks in order to properly cover all those battling all forms of cancer.
So we will continue to take the necessary steps to extend EI sick leave to 50 weeks to provide better coverage. You can count on us.
My first question is for the Honourable Minister Fox.
Minister Fox, could you comment on the situation at the port of Cap-aux-Meules, in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine? We know that the port had to close 37% of its capacity because of the deterioration of its infrastructure. The people of Cap-aux-Meules are particularly critical of the lack of plans to repair the wharf.
Are you also experiencing this type of situation in Prince Edward Island? What should the federal government do about it?