Mr. Speaker, at various times there have been as many as 135 people working at Placeteco.
The company did run into trouble in 1998 and the department had two choices: do nothing and let the jobs disappear or work to maintain the jobs and help create new jobs. We decided to continue the project and work with the company.
The original firm now exists as two companies, Technipaint and Placeteco that together employ 170 people with good prospects for future growth.