Thank you for your question and your positive comments about the Fonds de solidarité FTQ. As I said earlier, the first thing employers should do is staff positions and hire people for skilled jobs. However, there is a high unemployment rate. Therefore, we must find a way to move those workers into skilled jobs.
In addition, considering the recent developments in the global economy, there is some cause for concern. Will demand remain as high as it has been? Will emerging countries remain the powerhouses they have been over the last two years? Demand in the U.S. is rather low.
What can we do to maintain a healthy economy? We must make short-term investments, while keeping an eye on the long-term situation. We have to focus on innovation and productivity, and ensure that our companies make investments. To do that, we must create programs to facilitate investments in company productivity enhancement.
Our dollar is strong and our economy is healthy, but we have to find new markets. We have to find new ways to market products and encourage transferring unemployed workers to higher quality jobs.