Thank you very much, Chair.
Good morning, everyone.
Thank you to all of my colleagues. It's wonderful to be here. It's also a pleasant surprise to see colleagues I've worked with in the past. I know we worked together to both.... We're talking about having a nice balance. It's about digital sovereignty, worker sovereignty and making sure we stand up for a growing economy, a growing market and, of course, the growth of this nation. It's a pleasure to be here. As a provincial member, I did similar work, so it's not too new. Of course, this is a much different platform.
Mr. Mandryk, it's great to have worked with you representing workers who do the tough work of making sure people are connected across the country and the world. Thank you for everything you do.
It is great to have a study on how we move forward, because I know the government has a strong mandate to really bring the country forward and catch up with what Mr. Sanders talked about. We can't just have a pause and be behind in what's happening. At the same time, how do we do this wisely? Who do we make friendships with? How do we make sure we are representing our workers well?
One thing that is going to be a key component is.... I feel you have already answered a bit of this, but I'll give the opportunity to anyone who would like to answer: Do you feel we have digital sovereignty right now, at the stage we are? If not, what are some of the things we can do to make sure we create that nice balance to get to that point?
I know they haven't spoken as much as Mr. Beer and Mr. Sanders, so maybe I'll ask Ms. Blais or Mr. Leblanc.
I know Unifor is big on this, so go ahead.