Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I am not going to be distracted or to waste anybody's time in this room with the use of political tactics, or manipulate a desired outcome by the opposition attempting to fit, quite frankly, a square peg into a round hole. I will use this time to be productive and at least to get something out of this study.
With that, we'll focus on the business of government, which in this case is to expedite capital projects and capital investments such as infrastructure to service Canadians with what they need for their personal, business and overall lifestyle interests by leveraging—and I will underline and bold that word—and therefore mitigating a financial burden on taxpayers.
Therefore, may I request, Mr. Palter, first, that you elaborate—as you started to earlier with the questions asked by Mr. Iacono—with respect to addressing and expediting work that needs to be completed to lessen the infrastructure gap within all levels of government and the responsibility that they otherwise have to try to provide those services for our residents while mitigating the cost to those taxpayers at every level.
Second, how does it mitigate the financial burden on taxpayers—once again, at every level—whether it's through financing debt through operating, capital investments or lessening debentures? The list goes on.
Third, please elaborate on leveraging the development of the economy to encourage economic growth within all sectors.
Of course, the fourth includes climate adaptation.
Mr. Palter.