Mr. Speaker, I would like to add to what my colleague has just said. We have been told lately that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations believes that in the current period of economic slowdown, silviculture would represent an excellent investment to enable our forestry workers and people in our regions to have good jobs. This is employment for the future that would also fight the effects of climate change.
Would it not be possible to revive the Eastern Quebec Development Plan, for example? The federal government provided funds to the province, which made the appropriate expenditures. Would it not be important and useful to move in that direction at this time?