Mr. Chair, rarely do I get the feeling that my speeches in the House are so clear that they do not prompt any questions. I think that this may mean that what I am saying is resonating.
One point that really resonates is the one made by my colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton. I am thinking in particular of the forestry industry. What does the forestry industry get compared to the tens of billions of dollars in subsidies given to oil and gas companies and the automotive sector? The forestry industry gets only a few tens of millions of dollars that are poorly targeted to meet urgent needs. As for sustainability, not nearly enough is being done. This is a major concern for me.
I would like to come back to something fundamental to Quebec's economy, and that is the whole concept of innovation. Where is the federal government when it comes to innovating in an industry that could have been sustainable, that of strategic critical minerals and local processing? What is the strategy right now? The focus is entirely on exports. We are not keeping our resource, we are sending it to China, we are becoming dependent, there is dumping and our economy is collapsing. Those are the consequences.