Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to thank you for being with us this morning and providing testimony on the closure of these two plants in Dolbeau-Mistassini and Gatineau. I would have liked to question worker representatives at the national level and in Quebec and engage in a discussion with them.
Like you, I deplore the lack of a real plan of assistance for the forest industry. The government should have made the same effort it did for the auto industry and injected comparable amounts of money in the forestry sector. It's absolutely appalling. I would like to address most of my questions to our two guests from my own region of Saguenay — Lac-Saint-Jean, and specifically Dolbeau—first, to His Worship, the Mayor, and then to Mr. Lamontagne.
Your Worship, I want to begin by expressing my thanks for your opening statement. You painted a picture of the current situation that can be described as catastrophic and tragic for the residents, such as those of Dolbeau. This is something that affects the population and many different sectors. I believe your municipality has made considerable efforts and that you as well, as mayor, have also done a great deal. I would be interested in hearing more about that. What has the community done to try to save the Dolbeau-Mistassini paper mill?