Madam Chair, of course supporting the sector does not mean developing it. The objectives that could be met with the necessary funding are not being met, as I said earlier in my speech. It takes investments if we want communities to do more than just survive. I could talk more about this later with the minister.
I would like her to think about all the numbers I gave her and the reality in Quebec. We have thousands of kilometres of shoreline in the north, in the estuary and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
By comparison with the Atlantic, or the Maritimes region, to which people often try to associate us, even though we are not part of that region or even the Pacific region, does the minister believe that Quebec is underfunded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans?