One thing about my role is that I get to meet a lot of people. Something that I've made sure of is that I spend time in the province of Quebec and with Quebeckers. One of my first meetings with business leaders anywhere was with Minister Joly in Montreal, where I met a round table of business leaders from Quebec. I will, in fact, be back in Quebec City and Montreal next week, meeting leaders from the province.
I've also had very constructive meetings with the former premier—and I will be welcoming the new premier to my office in the coming weeks as well—not to mention excellent engagement with Quebec's representative in Washington.
Part of my job is to make sure that I understand the views of the people I represent. Those are views that come from across Canada. They're varied views; they're different views. It's important that I understand them, and I'm making a very large effort in particular to understand the important views from the province of Quebec.
