Thank you, Madam Chair.
I was puzzled when I listened to some things that were being said on the committee. I am going to direct my comments to Mr. Schetagne, first of all.
In your presentation you stated that the government had a false understanding of the economy. We all know, and it's public knowledge, that 770,000 net new jobs have been created. We have a AAA credit rating. We have been known, for five years in a row, as the most solid banking system in the world, so we're doing something right.
When I listened to you a little later, you advocated a 30-hour workday. You said that we need to do a child care program, which is basically provincial jurisdiction and not federal jurisdiction. Then you said we should open up free trade. Well, we have opened up more free trade agreements than any government in the history of Canada and we're working now with more. All of these things have been met.
As I listen to you, I am trying to understand a little bit. You talked about taxing people and things like that. How do you square a $21 billion carbon tax being laid on the people? How do you think that would help these people you are talking about, the workers? How would that affect them? That's what members opposite are advocating. I am just curious to hear what you have to say about that.