Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague from the Bloc Québécois for his excellent speech.
I would like to add another point that concerns the fiscal imbalance and that is not talked about as much, but whose effect is extremely difficult for Quebeckers to accept. I am thinking of the fisheries. The federal government has not taken any action in the shrimp fishery crisis. Yet fisheries fall under federal jurisdiction. During a crisis, someone should step in and do something.
Just recently, the Quebec government, as it did last year, had to announce measures amounting to $8.5 million.
We know the imbalance is far from being corrected, since in seven years we will be in the same situation we are in today. Money is not guaranteed from one year to the next.
I must also add that there are imbalances when it comes to action in certain areas. Fisheries is unfortunately a good example of such an area.