Mr. Speaker, for many years my region has been working extremely hard to become the hub of the marine industry, and these efforts are paying off.
The expertise and quality of work in the Lower St. Lawrence are recognized around the world, but the Conservatives have decided to put obstacles in the way. After ignoring the need for a breakwater at the Rimouski port, after the unacceptable firing of many experienced scientists and after closing the Maurice Lamontagne Institute's department of ecotoxicology, they are now closing the Institute's library. They are not modernizing it, they are closing it.
Will the minister listen to the pleas of the research centres' archivists and businesses in my region to keep this priceless jewel open?