Finance committee  May I conclude?

Finance committee  I will conclude on that note. Mr. Del Mastro, I would have appreciated your giving me my two minutes. Obviously, you were not listening, since I stated I was about to conclude. I find it rather rude on your part, but we can move on to questions. Thank you.

Finance committee  If they'll let me, I will finish.

Finance committee  We are asking our businesses to take action with very little leeway. As was said earlier, it takes seven hours and 54 minutes for them to barely cover their costs. This statistic is most appropriate. Businesses perhaps need exactly that kind of leeway. I agree with the general p

Finance committee  I'm not aware of the specific details of this particular situation.

Finance committee  I can say that generally speaking, we asked the Government of Quebec to define clear rules on CAAF transfers. It is abundantly clear that along with industry restructuring, each factory, each mill, each village and community is at risk of losing its supply and finds itself in com

Finance committee  Absolutely, it is not often that our union is in favour of tax cuts. In this particular case, we are in full agreement, as we are with the credits.

Finance committee  Listen, it depends on what the government wants to do with the billion dollars. When we break down the amount of money in the trust over three years, it represents about $70 million per year. We cannot go very far with that. Really, this is a transfer to the Government of Quebec

Finance committee  No, no. And that is not what I meant at all, on the contrary. I'm simply saying that in light of the new problems we face, there are no clear objectives. There's a community trust fund. This will cushion a part of the fallout communities are experiencing. That is it. Given the ma

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  I would say there are two parts to that. Part of the fixed costs must be borne. In this regard, the government has a part to play. With respect to more random or per-project funding, I think the industry is in a better position to play that part. If only for the upkeep and the es

Finance committee  I am not a specialist in the matter, but I can say that technology transfer centres are important, especially in the current context; they are clearly crucial for a large number of small and medium-sized companies which do not have the means to hire leading-edge engineers. It giv

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon and thank you. It is my pleasure to testify today on behalf of the FTQ. For those who are unaware, the FTQ represents 500,000 workers in Quebec, of whom two thirds come from the private sector. In Quebec, the private sector has been in recession since 2003. The of

Human Resources committee  In my opinion, this reform is not sufficient. I find it quite scandalous that we are put in the position where we have to say yes to a reform that is based on discriminatory principles, a reform that will not attain the objectives that should be set, that you should set as a gove

Human Resources committee  Yes, that is correct.