Finance committee  It's because they're French-speaking countries. As far as the question of the Canadian francophonie is concerned, it seems crucial to us to favour these countries or, at any rate, to pay special attention to them. In fact, many of these countries are extremely interested in the C

Finance committee  We conducted a survey of our members. We could forward it to the committee. It's important to say that we don't want everyone aged 60 and over to go back to working 40 hours a week. The best example I can give is the following. In a regional hardware store, if a 66-year-old wa

Finance committee  Sizable sums have been announced by the federal government, and rightly so, and the provincial government has proposed equivalent measures. I think the money is available to build thousands of units. The challenges we face are the labour needed to build these homes, as well as th

Finance committee  There must be collaboration. On the question of mixed housing, we have to say yes to the private sector. We're also aware that we need to respond to community needs, particularly when it comes to housing. The housing crisis is such that this shouldn't just be a business opportun

Finance committee  A public drug insurance plan exists in Quebec, and despite some initial difficulties, it works relatively well. It's expensive, but it works well. We would like Quebeckers not to get lost between two programs and for there to be some complementarity between the two plans. As I u

Finance committee  The impact would be major. In fact, not only would it cause an earthquake in Quebec's insurance community, but it would also impact the value proposition of employers to employees. For many employers, the drug benefits they offer set them apart from their competitors. This would

Finance committee  It will be hard to answer that in one minute. First of all, successful immigration is geographically diversified immigration. We think that regionalizing immigration in Quebec is a challenge. People often land in Montreal, and sometimes in Quebec City, not in the other regions o

Finance committee  We can francize immigration, but we have to acknowledge that there's exceptional talent that must come to Quebec and that can subsequently be francized. The same is true in the rest of Canada. Francophone immigration outside Quebec is very good too. The Canadian government has pr

Finance committee  There, you understand it completely.

Finance committee  Of course.

Finance committee  I'll summarize it for you in one minute. We think that we should consider lifelong continuing training. It used to be that we went to school and then university or CEGEP and that we completed our education at the age of 25. Now, we have to acknowledge that it's valuable to go to

Finance committee  That's an excellent question. You're right to relate this back to basic economic concepts. In order to ensure productivity, you have to have either more people producing more or better processes. Since no people are available in Canada, we have to consider investing in innovation

Finance committee  I would prefer that somebody do something quickly; that's for sure. Having said that, I'm sensitive to the argument that we're the only G7 country that doesn't have a high-speed train, although that's not the fashion in the United States either. We would be in favour of a high-s

Finance committee  Some serious soul-searching has to be done on unemployment insurance, and the program must be reviewed. During the pandemic, employment insurance was a critical support and wealth redistribution tool. I'm not judging it, but now we need to reframe employment insurance to a certai

Finance committee  It's a dream, but we do expect better cooperation on immigration between Quebec City and Ottawa. Ministers often speak to each other through the media, and that causes problems for people who've chosen Quebec.