Mr. Speaker, the École de médecine vétérinaire de Saint-Hyacinthe is fighting to keep its accreditation with the American Veterinary Medical Association. Without this recognition, new veterinarians in Quebec will suffer. The school, the only French language veterinary school in North America, will lose its research expertise and will not be able to survive this downgrading. The government of Quebec has already done its part by injecting more than $40 million.
Will the minister of agriculture tell us when the federal government will do its part and come up with the $59 million being requested? The situation is urgent.