Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My question is directed to anybody who would care to answer it.
You're aware that an unprecedented crisis is affecting the manufacturing and forestry sectors, especially in Quebec and Ontario. In Quebec, in 2007 alone, 50,000 jobs were lost.
I'm wondering what effect this major crisis will have on service sector businesses. And I'm thinking in particular of small concerns in small communities such as the paper mill in my riding, Trois-Rivières, where quality jobs are being lost. How able are you to support the services sector and in turn the local economy?