Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Rivest, earlier you spoke of the importance of medium-sized ports, the regional ports. You even went so far as to say that certain ports needed investment, if I am not mistaken, because their handling capacity infrastructure was limited.
In fact, this is something we have also heard in other committees, whether about the port of Quebec or that of Matane. The port of Quebec, however, is not a small port, but it has century-old infrastructure, part of which has recently collapsed. I know that you also operate in the regions, if I am not mistaken. How have we reached a point where there are ports all across the country whose carrying capacity is declining? This situation is jeopardizing our economies.
New funds have been announced by the government to diversify economic trade. On the one hand, what assurance do we have that the money will go to these ports? On the other hand, is there enough of it, and how can this be achieved?