Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister, I want to set the record straight. In 2017, your government wanted to sell 25 ports in eastern Quebec and many more in the rest of Canada. Now you're saying your government wants to help small craft harbours, but that is not true. You know very well that the Government of Quebec is required to buy back four ports in eastern Quebec, the ones in Gros-Cacouna, Rimouski, Matane and Gaspé.
Why don't you come to my riding, Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques? The quay at the west jetty in Rimouski has been closed since 2015 because the federal government is ignoring it and failing to put up the cash or maintain it. Do you know what's going to happen to that quay? It's going to be filled in with rocks. A quay was built and, now that the feds are no longer supporting it, it's going to be filled in with rocks. You're telling me that looking after quays is one of your government's priorities, but when something is a priority, you don't just get rid of it for a dollar. Those are the facts I want the committee to know.
Ms. Gibbons, on behalf of your department, when did you first recommend lifting the moratorium and reopening the redfish fishery?