Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank both witnesses for being here today for the study of this bill.
The Bloc Québécois is trying to fully understand the urgency and importance of this bill, since the issue of labour mobility and training falls exclusively under Quebec's, and so the provinces', jurisdiction. In fact, in Quebec, we already have our own model in this area, and it works. Quebec is responsible for skills training, and we are trying to promote trades related to that. In addition, credential recognition falls exclusively within Quebec's jurisdiction under the Canada-Quebec Labour Market Agreement in Principle, which was signed in 1997 by Lucien Bouchard and Jean Chrétien. There's also chapter 7 on labour mobility of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, which includes provisions for credential recognition. I can come back to that.
When we heard about this bill, when the 2026 spring economic update and the team Canada strong project to train skilled trades workers were introduced, Quebec called for an unconditional transfer of the amounts announced. The economic update committed $2 billion over five years starting in 2026-27, with $262 million per year afterward.
Mr. Luymes and Mr. Strickland, how important are these transfers and sums to training skilled workers?
Apart from the act and the transfer of money invested in training, what more can the federal government do in that regard?