Madam Chair, I thank the minister for her response.
If the people of Natashquan, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Baie-Trinité and Sacré-Cœur-sur-le-Fjord-du-Saguenay had gotten responses to the demands they have been making over and over for the past 10, 20 or 30 years, we might not be having this conversation, even though I am happy to be here. I myself have even intervened several times.
I hope that these communities back home will get answers, because they are facing other issues, such as environmental impact assessments. We are, of course, in favour of protecting the environment and conserving wildlife. However, we see municipalities being given deadlines that they may not have the resources to meet.
In addition, Quebec's environmental plans are not being acknowledged. That is the case in the last situation I mentioned. The municipality is not allowed to move forward, even though the compensation was authorized in 2017. Yes, the law has changed since then, but I would like to know whether the minister could ask for an exemption for certain cases, where projects are in jeopardy because Quebec's jurisdiction over environmental impact assessments has not been recognized. We all know that the government will refuse to move forward with the project in this community and then turn around and buy a pipeline in the west.