This is a matter of strategy.
We clearly have a problem in terms of skills. These are technological professions, and that's one thing, but there are also positions for managers who understand technologies, who promote them and know how to benefit from them. It seems to me that this could be a very good fit for women who don't want to have a career in technology.
As we know, most business schools are currently attended by both men and women. So it would be extremely important to demystify technologies in those schools and teach future managers that, without technology, their companies, regardless of the sector they are in, will not be able to remain competitive. We may be talking about competitors across the street, but also about international competitors. Globalization is not ready to go away—quite the contrary. The requirements and challenges will increase.
That's why I am talking about skills again. In Quebec, and in Saguenay, more specifically, this is not an issue of access. Information technologies are available. People have access to the Internet and to broadband networks. However, how can we explain that more than three out of four companies in Saguenay have no website? That's really a basic tool.
We can criticize companies that are not renewing themselves, but all too often, I think we have to take initiative and remind people of what is absolutely essential. For instance, we have to remind them how they can use these opportunities to access markets, to access knowledge and services that would be impossible to have without information technologies, especially outside major centres.