I do agree and I encourage you on this point, because one of the solutions is to not just send structural lumber, but also to enable the industry to go green by processing or adding value.
In my opinion, this should be done close to the resource, in the regions. I dream of seeing the creation of a Quebec IKEA at La Sarre, for example. Unfortunately, the programs, including Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions programs, CED programs, are poorly suited to this type of infrastructure in the regions. The three ministers will perhaps enlighten us on this subject.
What is being done to help our businesses get infrastructure and get investment in the regions? For example, in agriculture, Abitibi-Témiscamingue wants a slaughterhouse. Des Praz is a company that can't do business with CED because there are no suitable programs. How can these companies be helped to make this transformation close to the resource?