The problem with the Quebec Advantage, and thus of Claude Béchard's policy, is like the problem with the Lussier Report, and here I'm talking about the deadlines set. Although the labour and management associations were consulted, they had trouble setting priorities, which resulted in an accumulation of information.
As for industrial policy, science, the universities and our own experience point to a genuine partnership, participation by workers and participatory management. In the United States, for example, it has been observed that 70 percent of business change models have been unsuccessful. I'm not saying that; it's the HEC. The objectives set have not been achieved. I think we have to learn a lesson from those experiments in work place change management.
The government has to adopt a policy designed to support the parties and develop employment. In my humble view, we should focus on that aspect in order to improve productivity and make our businesses competitive. In that way, it will be possible to preserve jobs and create others that are also of high quality.