Industry committee  Congratulations to you.

Industry committee  We surveyed our members on this matter. A number of our members actually were exporting to Europe. Today we have very few. It's very costly to play in the European market. Also, there are a lot of barrières non tarifaires. Therefore, the American market is the market of choice fo

Industry committee  A 15-second answer would be that we are late in the game. We're working with the Quebec government, which was about to release the details of what they call la stratégie numérique. We hope that within that there will be a few indicators of where we can be more concrete in the sup

Industry committee  I'll give a general comment, with pleasure, and then I'll go to Mr. Poitras. He is living this reality because he exports to the States. From the general perspective of what we have seen from our members, it's not a light switch. If the dollar goes down, exports don't all of a s

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is Pierre Richard, president of the Quebec Furniture Manufacturers' Association and president of the Canadian Furniture Show. I am accompanied by Mr. Réjean Poitras, president of Amisco, a large furnitur