Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
I agree this is a very interesting and important topic, but I want to come back to the manufacturing crisis, since we are talking about a loss to our economy of somewhere in the neighbourhood of $2 billion to $3 billion, in terms of lost wages and spin-off effects.
I want to ask you, Mr. Dodge, if in fact you don't have a regret as you leave your position, in terms of giving this sense of Canada's economy operating at full capacity, thereby giving consecutive Liberal and Conservative governments some reason not to act and therefore causing a problem.
Related to that, I want to ask the question that was in the paper from St. John's, Newfoundland, from Lana Payne. Would you consider taking on the manufacturing crisis before you depart for greener pastures? That's one question.
The second has to do with your involvement in and your perspective on a number of public policy issues. I just have to quote from Andrew Jackson because I think he says it well:
...somewhat at odds with his otherwise impeccably neo liberal/macro orthodoxy credentials, Dodge had a lively interest in broader public policy as a force for social and economic improvement.
I know you've spoken out on child care, on housing, on retirement. I'm just wondering if you have any parting thoughts on any of those issues, particularly the absence of a national child care program.
My third question has to do with hedge funds. We haven't talked about that at all. It has been a topic of discussion at the G-7. I'm wondering--