Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'd like to thank the committee for this invitation. First of all, I have to tell you that there's an echo in the sound, a kind of feedback. I don't know if you can hear me well. I missed the start of the discussions because I had no sound. My

Transport committee  Right. Thank you for the question. There are several examples of this. Using a medium-sized municipality as an example is relevant because, as I said, unlike large municipalities where there are often transportation problems, this is not what matters to the medium-sized municipa

Transport committee  Yes. Certainly. The Union des municipalités du Québec could provide it. We conducted a benchmarking analysis by caucus size. As you know, at the Union des municipalités du Québec, we're organized into skilled caucuses. Since small municipalities have different realities, we con

Transport committee  I think it's a bit of everything. There's the culture and there's certainly resistance because we're talking about organizations that have historically protected the data and that manage access to information legislation. They like to maintain control of the data. They have conce

Transport committee  To my knowledge, the help we've received came from different programs aimed at connecting the communities. I don't know about anything else. Unfortunately, even today, many regions don't have access to high-speed Internet. They can't develop at the same rate as the other munici

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Rayes.

Transport committee  I want to make sure that I understood the question. Is the question for me?

Transport committee  Can you repeat your question since I didn't understand it?

Transport committee  Yes, no problem. I'll answer you in French, but I understand English very well.

Transport committee  The first thing is to have access to infrastructure. For example, at home, the fibre-optic network was launched. This helped attract businesses when we had an aging population issue, as is the case in many regions of Quebec. This helped attract information technology businesses t

Transport committee  A few years ago, people didn't really have a concept of a smart city. As far as I know, the CROP poll helped confirm that people now understand the concept. I provided the transportation example earlier because the sector came up often in the poll. People also mentioned other ne

Transport committee  Do you mean as a result of open data?

Transport committee  Yes. There aren't any in Magog at this time, but some municipalities have participatory budget concepts. People participate in developing part of a budget. They must then submit projects to the council. It's true, and you're absolutely right. These are two different concepts. Op

Transport committee  I think this applies to all municipalities in the country. When I give conferences, I often say that a city doesn't become smart overnight. It needs to move in that direction. As I said earlier, we need to start with our DNA and use technology to do a better job. This concerns al