Thank you. That is a good answer.
Mr. Marcel, I was extremely moved by your presentation. It is extremely shocking to see first nations living in poverty, particularly near areas such as the one where we live, where there is so much wealth. It is dramatic.
Earlier, you said that you had not always been in this situation, that you had been a rich people, a strong civilization. As a matter of fact, this made me think of us, the whites. This made me to think of our civilization, which is totally dependent on oil. Some 88,000 objects on the table are oil based. When oil disappears, our civilization will fall.
I am extremely sensitive to what you said in your presentation. However, I think that whites are not sensitive enough to what environmentalists are saying. You just taught us an extraordinary lesson, that all we have can easily be lost when sole profits and the economy are considered. This is probably what is happening to us.
I know that it may not be very comforting for me to say this to you, but there is not much else that I can offer you. Nevertheless, I can say that I am very aware of poverty. I am the Bloc Québecois critic on poverty, and I am very sensitive to this issue. I hope that all my colleagues will realize that we could also end up living in poverty if we do not take care of our planet Earth.
I have no further questions.