Madam Speaker, the scientific community is concerned. The Liberals are cutting 20 jobs in my riding at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute in Mont-Joli, a major regional hub for science and a jewel of oceanography research.
This alarming loss of expertise is jeopardizing the scientific and economic development of our regions. It is also reducing Fisheries and Oceans Canada's research capacity and ability to act on evidence-based data, which is already a serious problem at the department.
Can we really afford to pinch a few pennies by cutting back on science?