Obviously, you are quite right to mention the last economic crisis. However, to illustrate the importance of something that may alleviate a problem that is quite cyclical, I will provide you with an even more concrete example.
Things are not going very well in Quebec's mining sector. This is partly because the global marketplace has slowed, but it's also due to certain policies which may be less favourable to Quebec's mining sector at this time.
The FTQ fund has previously supported the mining company Osisko. But in the current context, I do not think a project like Osisko would find it as easy to move forward without the FTQ's Solidarity Fund. I remind you that Osisko needed $1.2 billion before generating a single dollar in profits. It is important to remember such things. Presently, the mining cycle is not very favourable which means that capital is much more difficult to obtain. In such a context, these are precisely the kind of funds that will help deal with the situation.