Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Lee, even though I have a bachelor's degree and a background in science, I spent 12 years as a labourer in a warehouse. I loaded and unloaded delivery trucks alongside several guys who hadn't finished high school. I worked year-round in extreme conditions, in temperatures ranging from thirty below to plus thirty.
I also worked in Quebec's civil service, where I belonged to a union. So I've seen the issue from both sides. I must say I can't get over the levity in your presentation. You tried to play on our emotions by comparing the conditions of minimum wage earners with those of public servants. And yet, on April 25, that did not stop you from staunchly defending university professors, arguing they deserved their salaries—which are considerably higher than others'—as well as their status and their notoriously lower teaching load.
How can you address this committee with such levity?