The importance of training is clear. It's a troubleshooting mechanism. It isn't easy for people with 25, 28 or 30 years of service to sit down on a school bench in order to go back on the job market. People would like to take short-term training, of six to 18 weeks, for example. Beyond that, however, it's pointless. In fact, people are still waiting. In the case of plants closed temporarily or for an indeterminate period of time—not knowing whether it's for one, two or three months—people wait until the last minute before they lose their employment insurance benefits and then they go enrol.
The greatest concern is for youth. The children of these parents won't go into the pulp and paper industry, forestry or other areas. When we are ready for the recovery, we won't have any more workers. We really have to save the first stage, so that there are some people left. As Mr. Roy said—and I'm convinced of it because we've been working on this for two years—the forest industry has a long future ahead of it. We'll have to proceed differently and cultivate our forest. If we can't preserve what we have, we'll lag behind to a terrible degree, and I'm not sure we'll regain our competitiveness. Others will move ahead of us.