Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks for the great presentations that you came with today. I have a couple of questions for you people.
As you're well aware, it's not just China that's giving you the problems; it's everybody, from Costa Rica to Mexico to Indonesia. It's a major problem, and most developing countries in the world are having this problem right now.
Over the last few years—and I'm sure this is the case in Quebec, because Quebec seems to be hit the hardest—the Quebec government and the federal government, through, I think, the Department of Industry, were supposed to help your industry with new products and better technology. Are you aware of that? Did you see anything in your companies?
Another thing that was supposed to help out your industry dealt with the raw products that you use, whether it's cotton or whatever products. Before, there used to be tariffs on those products coming in. The government was also supposed to drop the tariffs on those products so that they would be cheaper products, which would help you with your industry. I'm wondering if you're well aware of any of that.
Thirdly, the European Union went through this a couple of years ago. The European Union put caps on products coming in, especially from China and India. Their industries welcomed those caps, but there was a major problem with transition. When these caps went into place, all these products were coming into Europe, but all of a sudden, nobody was allowed to distribute them. What happened was that consumers were quite upset because they were short on products. If we were going to put caps on some products, we would need some sort of a transition time, so that your industry doesn't all of a sudden look like it's making the consumer short on products.
So that's my third question. If there are caps in place, how much transition time would it take? For instance, if the Levi company is closed and we stop bringing jeans in from wherever, we can't adjust overnight. Is there some sort of plan for that?
Those are my three questions.