Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, gentlemen. Thank you for coming.
My first question will be to Mr. Lazar.
I greatly appreciated what I might call your plea for support in adapting to globalization. It is true that we of often have a lack of foresight and courage. I believe that if entrepreneurs have the courage to operate a business, politicians should have the courage to help.
We, at the Bloc québécois, try to convince the government of the urgent need to act to solve the crisis wether in the manufacturing industry or in the forestry sector. We devoted an opposition day to this theme. I keep asking the government questions but am obviously very disappointed by the answers I get. They keep referring to tax cuts and the low unemployment rate. There is a lack of political will.
That being said, it is true that the report of the Committee made important and useful recommendations. We talk, for example, about giving tax incentives to companies who go to resource rich regions, who try to diversify. The idea of providing loans or loan guarantees seems good. Some talk here about training and providing tax credits for training. All of these measures could be very constructive.
So I would invite you to provide additional arguments to try to convince the government that it needs to act without delay, that we cannot wait any longer.