Finance committee  Of course, if you have to make a choice among friends who only have an interest in you for your wallet, well then I'd like my wallet to be a little more thickly padded.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of the House, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and allow me to thank you for listening to us so attentively. My name is Diane Contant Blanchard and I am here before you today in my capacity as Secretary of the Regroupement des retraités des Aciers Atlas. O