Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here to help us with our study of Bill C‑30.
I'm going to start with you, Mr. Guénette.
I'd like to hear your view on skills training. The government decided to invest in skills training through Bill C‑30. The measure is tax-based. It too has “Canada strong” in the title, but I always forget the names of all those “Canada strong” initiatives. The support it provides is tax-based.
In Quebec, jurisdiction over skills training has been wholly decentralized since 1997. It was given to Quebec. Sectoral tables, committees of labour market partners and so forth ensure alignment between skills training and business needs.
In your view, should federal funding for skills training go towards strengthening Quebec's system, which works well, instead of providing tax-based support, in the current context?