Transport committee  Thank you for that excellent question. The business community would like us to develop this sort of expertise in Canada. They would like us to build competitive companies to undertake projects of that kind. We may have missed the boat, when we had Bombardier as a railway compan

Transport committee  I won't comment on other projects, but with respect to this one, I would say that the numbers vary widely. As we are looking at two options for a given project, meaning high-frequency rail and high-speed rail, we need to understand all the financial factors, because they will hav

Transport committee  I apologize, but I don't remember it. Can you repeat it, please?

Transport committee  As it happens, I asked a number of specialists that very question. First of all, there are the costs tied to the complexity of completing that kind of project in Canada, because we've never built that type of track before. That could explain why it's so much more expensive. In a

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. When you say 2 hours and 50 minutes, I would imagine you're referring to a trip from Montreal to Quebec City.

Transport committee  That's definitely not fast enough. That's why, when we talk about HFR in a business context, I say that's not what would lead people to switch to a train rather than driving or flying between Montreal and Quebec City, as you suggested. Speed is the key factor, and I would add th

Transport committee  Your question deserves a nuanced answer. I'm talking about the travel time from one city centre to another. There might be a scenario in which a decision would be made to drill another tunnel under the mountain to get downtown. The mountain wouldn't disappear. There's only one tu

Transport committee  In the United States, there is very clear intent to use the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure that the American economy benefits from the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars that are going to be spent. The Americans found solutions. Let's learn from them. Let's arrange for b

Transport committee  As you mentioned my name first, I'll make a start at answering you. The mayor can then pick up where I leave off. We are familiar with Richard Florida's views, and we fully agree with him. For a metropolis like Montreal, links with Toronto are very fluid; that's also the case f

Transport committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Thank you for inviting the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal to testify today. First of all, I would say that the planned rail link between Quebec City and Wi

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Finance for giving me the opportunity to voice the concerns of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. As time is very limited, I will restrict myself to five items. The first item, w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. I usually begin by thanking the committee for inviting me. Today, however, I want to say instead that you have been the committee least respectful of its witnesses in the past 13 years. Madam Chair, in my opinion, you are the one who has had the least control ove

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. What is more, since last year, we have been sending additional missions to those areas. One mission called Ubisoft Women in Tech went to Silicon Valley to set up individual connections. As you said, the area of artificial intelligence has become a force in Montr

International Trade committee  Actually, your question is very interesting and has to be taken in the current context. We now have a very tight labour market in Montreal, and I would say in all of Quebec. That is in all sectors, including the cultural sector. In this period the possibility of having, let's say

International Trade committee  We do several things, and perhaps we could do more. Of course it always depends on the funding. I would send a message that the federal government can play a role here. First, at the entrepreneurship level, we try to put in place everything we can to have them “born global”, as