Finance committee  Municipalities must feel that the federal government supports their work. This is not even a matter of setting aside additional funding, but, perhaps only of adapting already existing programs. Earlier, I mentioned the gas tax. The gas tax must be expanded to make it possible to

Finance committee  We see how important that access is today. We have been talking about it and wishing it to be implemented for such a long time that it is difficult to understand why our regions and municipalities are still not well connected to the Internet today, despite all the efforts of the

Finance committee  I think that Algonquin communities are having a bit more trouble. There are six communities in Abitibi‑Témiscamingue and one community in the Outaouais region. I believe it is more difficult for those communities. They have really closed their communities, both in terms of entrie

Finance committee  I don't need to go very far to find examples and I will talk about my home specifically. My son has received the CERB. We looked forward to a measure being announced, and once that measure was implemented, things went quickly. Regarding the CERB, I have a concrete example becaus

Finance committee  There are too few cases in Abitibi‑Témiscamingue. We currently have 140 cases, which is a fairly reasonable number. Cases are confined to one municipality, as three-quarters of them are in Rouyn‑Noranda. In my municipality, we now estimate the financial losses at $243,000, both

Finance committee  The UMQ updates its information daily with the reports that come in from the municipalities. Today, from one caucus to another, we're doing the rounds, consulting urban centres, local municipalities, regional towns and big cities. In the next few days, we should have a clear pict

Finance committee  We anticipate potential closures in the service sector. The economic development authorities are in the process of assessing that. We're in the midst of the crisis, so everyone is trying to get their own sense of the situation right now. The mining sector is going to start up aga

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for the opportunity to address the committee on behalf of Quebec's municipalities. To start, I'd like to point out that I had trouble getting connected for the meeting. In a pandemic, when everyone is in isolation, th