Mr. Chair, given that I have only five minutes, I cannot allow the witness to give his speech again.
I note, however, something important in your presentation. You don't talk to us at all about how to solve the Dutch disease problem, which has a harsh impact on the Canadian economy. I take note of this.
My next questions are for the representative of the Desjardins Movement.
At present, in Canada, new regions are being exploited economically. I am thinking of the Asia-Pacific Corridor, the Northwest Passage, Plan Nord in Quebec, Quebec-Atlantic offshore operations, the tar sands and potash and oil in Saskatchewan.
All these projects require new infrastructure. There's some extremely old infrastructure. A portion of the Trans-Canada Highway has been nicknamed the highway of death, in British Columbia. We have problems of access to drinking water in numerous communities.
In view of this and of the fact that some governments include only the depreciable share of these expenses so as to make investments predictable, how is it that we still regard investments in infrastructure as a government expenditure? Is the Canadian system itself not defective in its very vision?