Finance committee  Yes. In other countries, the percentage is often much higher.

Finance committee  Canada has signed a number of trade agreements. They constrict us, but they also give us business opportunities. Take, for example, the light rail contracts that are currently being rolled out in Ontario, including right here in Ottawa. The province of Ontario made sure that tho

Finance committee  I must add that, in the case of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), Quebec is not without fault. The REM went through the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and they have no content standards for rolling stock either. That will not be the case in Quebec City. The new Que

Finance committee  With regard to employment insurance, the additional five weeks is a really interesting step forward. We are aware that all this will have an impact on some of our workers in the Gaspé and on the North Shore. I am thinking, for example, of the workers in the shrimp industry. We ha

Finance committee  This isn't an area I deal with regularly. In fact, the government has increased its immigration thresholds. At the CSN, we consider immigration to be one of the avenues for addressing labour shortages in certain economic sectors. We mustn't simply increase the thresholds. We al

Finance committee  Your second question was about taxation, wasn't it?

Finance committee  In our brief, we drew a parallel with U.S. tax reform. The United States has decided to adopt much lower tax burdens in the hope of stimulating investment. However, many economists and thinkers in Canada believe that we should do the opposite. In any event, a comparison of the go

Finance committee  All of these proposals converge. We recommend many specific elements that are more effective in reviving and supporting the Canadian economy, including, of course, the provision of public health and education services since we are in a mixed, private and public, economy. Those w

Finance committee  We do not really work in the farming sector. We work more in food processing. We are not following that issue very closely. However, I can tell you more about the tariff on aluminum. The issue of the 10% tariff on aluminum has not been resolved by the agreement. As we understan

Finance committee  I believe you are referring to the milk proteins sold for industrial use.