Transport committee  I have duly noted your suggestion since we want to work towards broad use of these tools. We have not addressed that aspect. We have considered it, but have not found a solution.

Transport committee  I definitely share your concern.

Transport committee  Earlier I mentioned that some work had been done with IBM in particular, in 2013. Digital inclusion and the digital divide were considered at that time. Over 80% of people use the Internet, but we were wondering how exactly to adapt the way we offered our services. In our opinio

Transport committee  That is a fact, in your example. What we can offer our citizens does of course depend on the infrastructure and equipment we have. We are betting on libraries. We do not claim that smart cities can solve all the problems and address all the issues. Cities are complex. As you kn

Transport committee  With regard to infrastructure, the priority is to give information technologies a greater role. One of your colleagues said earlier that we have invested in concrete infrastructure, which is good. But is there a space to support that infrastructure? That is something your strateg

Transport committee  Investments in education and research are important. As to cities, their raison d'être is pretty basic. Their role is not to do research and development. As I said earlier, we work with the universities and CEGEPs. Thought must be put into this and funding is needed to support

Transport committee  May I begin?

Transport committee  We have to give priority to the people we serve and listen to them. We have to identify citizens' expectations and needs. That is the most important thing. This has to be integrated into a priority intervention plan. I would insist on that. Earlier, I was asking why we need smar

Transport committee  In concrete terms, as regards the measures and usage, we rely mainly on resident satisfaction surveys. That is where our main figures come from in that regard. Among residents, the overall rate of satisfaction with the city stands at 85%. We've measured that element over time. W

Transport committee  It's important to make sure that the smart city concept is not the be all and end all. Let's agree on that. What you are asking revolves around the idea that we absolutely have to present ourselves as a smart city, but that isn't how we see things.

Transport committee  It would take a portal to bring all that together, but we don't have one right now. That's one of the things we would need to develop. Tourists can go to the website of the city's tourism office. In terms of sending people alerts to advise them of all the activities available dur

Transport committee  Yes, that's right. A broader communication effort is needed. A portal should be created presenting all the possibilities that are consistent with smart cities, but we are not there yet.

Transport committee  Mr. Sehl Mellouli, from Laval University, has considered the concept a great deal and conducted a lot of research into it. That study could of course be provided to the committee to help it in its work.

Transport committee  I talked about the economic aspect when I described the technology showcases. They allow businesses to pilot a product, either by physically setting something up in the city such as a new type of streetlamp, or by working together to introduce a new technology app. We provide the

Transport committee  Tangibly speaking, we've had fewer initiatives with effects on the environment.