I have to interrupt you, because I want to have time to ask you questions, after which I will give the floor to Mr. Samson.
At the beginning, you talked about the teacher shortage, which we've also spoken about at length here. That's the biggest problem when it comes to education. A ship without a rudder or an engine serves no purpose. Even if we have the best education system in the world, if there are no teachers, it doesn't work.
For the past two Septembers, we've been hearing discouraging statistics. In Quebec alone, last year, two weeks before Parliament resumed, there was a shortage of 10,000 to 12,000 teachers. This year, Quebec was short between 5,000 and 7,000 teachers, and the same is true for all the other provinces.
Is it really due to a lack of spots in our universities to train teachers, or is it a lack of interest because the profession is starting to lose its appeal? Is it a combination of both?