Mr. Speaker, I do not need to remind anyone that we are right in the middle of the second wave of this pandemic.
Back home in Côte-des-Neiges, the Plateau, Mile End and Outremont, we still have an extremely high number of cases. Despite the current crisis, I want to share some hope with my colleagues: hope for our scientists' work, hope for a better world, a post-COVID world.
For example, at the University of Montreal, I was able to announce funding for a new research project with a truly incredible team.
Whether it is the researchers working under the direction of Kate Zinszer at the University of Montreal, or our Prime Minister's recent announcement regarding a made-in-Canada vaccine, investments in our country's capacity to produce our own vaccines with our own scientists give us reason to hope for the future. Our government is investing in that very future.
I find hope in this, and I hope that Canadians do too.