Look, I do not want to get into the issue of transfers, I do not want to get into politics here this morning. However, there is a reality for the heads of SMEs, and I think it is important to put things in perspective in that regard
We cannot oppose the principle, but in the final analysis, we represent members who end up footing the bill. There is another aspect. This will be the last one in fact, because I am going to stop here. It is all very nice to promote social programs, except that you have to understand the reality experienced by the head of an SME. If I have a company with five employees, Ms. Bonsant, and I lose one, 20 per cent of my workforce just left.
Generous programs are all very well, and we have very progressive legislation in Quebec in terms of labour standards and the Labour Code. These are the most progressive laws in Canada, and we have to be aware of that. The Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms is all very nice and it is a good thing to give rights to workers and salaried people. I am not opposed at all to giving rights to labour. On the contrary, that is fantastic, but perhaps we should also be listening to the concerns of employers. It is a headache right now for employers to keep their labour force. So obviously, if I grant parental leave and the employee does not even have the obligation to advise the employer that he will be leaving in the coming days, and on Friday morning informs me that he will not be coming in the following Monday because he is taking paternity leave, there is some imbalance here somewhere.
Perhaps it is in the way all these systems are applied that we should give some respite to some employers at some point.