Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks also to the witnesses for being here.
My first question goes to Mr. Paton. You spoke about the fact that you lost several thousand jobs well before the current crisis occurred. In finance and in manufacturing, many sectors are affected.
How do you explain the fact that, for several years, we have been losing so many manufacturing jobs in Canada, in Quebec and Ontario, and that little or nothing has been done to correct the situation?