Thank you.
I'm pleased that Mr. Lessard mentioned those two recommendations and what it would cost to lower the qualification requirement. There seem to be three possibilities. As the government constantly repeats, and as you said, Yvon, people prefer to have a good job. No one is questioning that.
As was pointed out, we don't seem to want to adopt coherent recommendations that would help people who don't have jobs. The government also seems reluctant to head in the direction of economic development, to invest in the communities and regions that may be in difficulty or where the unemployment rate is higher.
In British Columbia, the government has cut funding for the Western Diversification Fund, the purpose of which was to promote economic development.
You mentioned workers who have a grade 8 education and who may have literacy problems. The government has also cut funding for programs that can help people improve their literacy levels.
What literacy measures would help promote economic development across the country? What was the impact of cutting literacy funding on your workers?
You've already partly answered my question on the bill that you're introducing by saying that the government seems to refuse to create an independent fund. Could we explore other avenues in order to convince the government? Mr. Lessard mentioned that these measures could cost $340 million out of a fund where revenues are $15 billion. So there seems to be no reason for the difficulty in adopting this kind of recommendation.