Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I also want to thank the minister for joining us. She is being very generous with her time, and we really appreciate that.
An amount of $148 million was added in this new class of millions, if I may put it that way. In Quebec, we are a bit worried about our small ports that are not necessarily used commercially, but that are used for entertainment and recreational activities at sea.
For example, I am thinking of the port in Verchères, a municipality that is turning 350 years old this year. The federal government owns that port, but it is inaccessible. Barriers have been installed. Verchères is 350 years old, which is older than Canada. People are worried about ending up with a completely obsolete wharf in the middle of beautiful grounds they will have set up for the festivities.
What portion of that $148 million will be used for small ports like this one, which urgently need repairs and which the municipality is ready to take over again once they have been upgraded? We have a few of those, including on the Îles de la Madeleine and the Île d'Orléans, as well as in a number of coastal villages.
Could you comment on that?