Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank Ms. Laurin and Ms. Bédard for their compelling accounts.
Ms. Bédard mentioned suicides and Ms. Laurin talked about the closing of businesses. What I find worrisome is the fact that the federal government plans to significantly scale back the support being provided to individual Canadians and businesses to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of April 1, in two weeks, the federal government is planning drastic cuts for the next fiscal year. Nearly half of all spending on current support measures will be cut across the entire federal government. With that in mind, I want to ask each of you the same question. What do you intend to do if no other assistance is made available to Quebec's self-employed workers, and banquet hall and sugar shack owners?
Ms. Laurin, you said you had saved 100 or so sugar shacks. Only 140 of 240 remain. How many will be left if the federal government withdraws its support and fails to provide further help?