Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
My thanks to all the witnesses for joining us.
My question goes to Mr. Chornet, from Enerkem.
Mr. Chornet, in 2010, the Conservative government of the day and the Liberal government in Quebec announced an investment in a project to process putrescible waste. It was called the Société d'économie mixte d'énergie renouvelable de la région de Rivière-du-Loup, or SEMER. Perhaps you have heard of it. The project saw the light of day in my region.
At the start, it was a $12 million project. It became a $24 million project and now it's close to $30 million. To this day, SEMER has not managed to earn enough income to cover its costs. That has a significant effect on the environmental cost of the project.
I supported the project and I still support it. In 2005, I was the mayor of La Pocatière, and the Government of Quebec decided to implement a policy to recycle all the putrescible waste in Quebec in 2020. We are now in 2021 and the timeline has been changed.
Do you believe that the policies that governments establish should be fulfilled in their entirety?
From the answers you gave my colleague Mr. Lemire, I gather that you have encountered a lot of difficulties along the way.