Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to know whether, in your restructuring plan, you thought about the post-crisis period.
You know that, currently, in the United States as in Canada, there have been numerous job losses, and wage cuts. In fact, workers have agreed to these wage cuts to help companies, in all sectors.
You also know that the purchasing power of all these consumers has dropped exponentially. This evening on the news, I saw that, in the United States, 300 people are now living in tents. And it seems that a whole host of others will be doing the same, because they no longer have a place to live or a car; they now have nothing.
In light of all this, will you continue to manufacture the same kinds of cars or will you manufacture a new model, given the economic crisis?
Purchasing power has dropped and the banks or credit unions can no longer lend money as easily for vehicle purchases. Workers' salaries have dropped, and the debt that they have already contracted has reached a saturation point. These banking institutions no longer want to lend money for vehicle or other types of purchases.
Have you, in your plan, decided to manufacture a new kind of car, a smaller, sub-compact, less expensive model in order to try to seduce consumers into believing that they can purchase such a vehicle? If so, sales could be quite high.
There is still a potential market for cars like the Chrysler 300, the Charger or the Challenger, for example. However, I imagine that the purchasing power for cars will drop below $25,000 or $30,000. Have you already thought of this, that is for the post-crisis period?