Minister, the Journal de Montréal published an article today whose title is "A 44% increase in companies facing bankruptcy in Quebec". The article begins with the following sentence:
The need to repay Ottawa's emergency COVID loans is the straw that breaks the camel's back for many entrepreneurs, who have been opting instead to just shut down.
A little further along in the article, it says:
Most worrisome is the fact that the number of companies facing bankruptcy in Quebec has increased by 44% over the past year, with just under 3,000 companies declaring bankruptcy in 2023.
This was predictable, Minister. Some solutions were put forward. What do you have to suggest?