International Trade committee  It does, because it's not the same, but in general, it's a very high level of enthusiasm. It's not equal in every sector, but as a community, it is really behind this accord.

International Trade committee  No. From various exchanges that I've had over the years, the impact of not having an agreement was immense. If we had numbers, they were more about the impact on our export businesses, on our companies here, if we were not to have such an agreement with the U.S. Of course, the CG

International Trade committee  We do have concerns, as always, when there are new agreements and new rules, that they will have an impact. We have what we call “trade missions”, and one of our most attended trade missions brings new exporters to the border, where they get a chance to understand the processes a

International Trade committee  Good morning. Thank you for your invitation. If I had received it sooner, I could have joined you. The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal has been in place for nearly 200 years to represent the business community of Metropolitan Montreal. For 36 years, we've been conne

Finance committee  I'll answer your question in French. First, it is very clear that the analysis had to be done correctly and without rushing. It was fine to do it that way. You say that it must be done in the second year. As I said earlier, we think the public transit project will be ready to st

Finance committee  We have the same analysis that anything that blocks the acquisition of innovation is a problem in Canada. It could be regulatory. It could also be that we have systems that do not press for competition. We'll argue that the fees that are charged by financial organizations may be

Finance committee  Yes, definitely.

Finance committee  We did a report a few years ago that was published—I think perhaps even the projet de loi was influenced by the report we published—on the transfer of businesses, not only in the farm industry, but in all our industries. We noticed at the time that if you were transferring to you

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. By the way, I have to say that my objective just now was to tell you to work harder. I did not say that you must not come to Quebec City. If you decide to work harder, you can go to all the major cities in the country, including Montreal. That is a q

Finance committee  I would like to be able to look at your schedule. It would surprise me if you were unable to come to Montreal. That said, on the subject of—

Finance committee  Speaking of Bombardier, the company first needs to reassure the markets. I do not believe that Bombardier would necessarily use the billion dollars we are talking about. Nevertheless, an injection of capital into Bombardier, which would not dilute anything or jeopardize its margi

Finance committee  No, VIA Rail's project includes Quebec City at one end. The president, Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, came to speak to us in the Montreal business community this week.

Finance committee  Quebec City must be a part of it.

Finance committee  I am very glad you asked that question. I do not think that there is any contradiction there. First, Canada has a solid financial structure that was the envy of a number of countries in the recent recession. The structure managed securities through a Canadian passport system tha

Finance committee  I will give you a specific example. For those who are not from Montreal, I will try and make the example clear. There is an arterial road in Montreal called Autoroute 40. The highway goes east-west across the entire city. It was once one of the most dynamic focuses in Montreal's