Mr. Speaker, there is one thing missing in this budget that we would have liked to see. It is the renewal of the fisheries fund.
I come from Gaspésie. In the Gaspé Peninsula and the Magdalen Islands, the fisheries fund has historically made it possible to invest $40 million to spur innovation and promote scientific research. The fund's goal was to ensure that the fisheries sector remained up to date on the issue of new technological advances.
This time, the fisheries fund was not included in the budget. It was not renewed. Can my colleague explain why that is?