Thank you, Chair.
Thank you all for being here. It's very interesting.
When I was a boy, I remember studying Two Solitudes in school. I think you're probably familiar with it. I thought about it just this morning and about how Quebec has changed. I was thinking about how in the last election we took quite a beating, but there's one bright spot, and that is the group of Quebeckers who came to join our caucus, led by this man. I'm not just saying that because he's sitting beside me, but I get excited, and most of us do, because these guys, I'm telling you, are rock stars. They get it; they understand. They, to me, signify the new Quebec, and the new Quebec is really something to behold. I just want to tell you that, because I'm so impressed with how you've taken on markets, how you've taken on industry. You're doing such an outstanding job.
It appears to me, though, that we have another solitude today, and we have witnessed it cross-country. It's not just in Quebec. There appears to be a consensus among those who are involved in business that trade agreements are a good thing, that this is going in the right direction, but there's another segment of society, primarily labour, sometimes otherwise referred to as society.
I wondering whether you want to comment on that. How do we bridge that gap? Are we missing something? Are we seeing something that maybe we're blind to, when we just can't seem to convince labour and some of these other organizations that this is good for our country and good for our society?
Does anybody want to comment on that?
Mr. Tétrault?