Finance committee  I can't speak for the Canadian chamber, but is your question, can we see the benefits of lower corporate tax rates on the country overall and what would happen?

Finance committee  I'm sure we could come up with something for you. I can't say from my head what's out there. I'm sure work has been done and models done by our various economic think tanks around the country—perhaps even us, for all I know. One can only assume that if there are more moneys avail

Finance committee  May I also just add—

Finance committee  It relates to this point. My only comment to it would be that this is one that the federal government could certainly very easily measure, because oftentimes when you put resources to something, it's out there; you're not really sure. To work, this would have to change behaviour.

Finance committee  I'm not quite sure what your question is, but I would like to state that I don't think lucky is a good business strategy. I think there's a lot more to Ireland's success than luck. I think there were some strategic investments there. The other thing I think we need to keep in mi

Finance committee  For more spending.

Finance committee  I don't disagree that there are investments required. We're obviously, as a chamber of commerce, advocating for where we think the best investment would be, and sometimes the investment may not be in additional spending, new spending, but rather in turning that back to the consum

Finance committee  That's why--and you would know the difference, Alexa--I would never want the other groups to think that this chamber of commerce hasn't worked and put a lot of effort into health, wellness, and education. In fact, we have a five-year strategic commitment to education, so absolute

Finance committee  On the capital cost allowance in terms of aligning them.... The thing is, too, with technology, as we all know, it changes as you blink. Technology has changed, and what was new last year is suddenly old technology. I won't speak to that specifically, but we need to make sure th

Finance committee  Exactly, and it's not just technology firms you're talking about here. Pretty well all Canadian business would be impacted.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Yes, indeed, there are some who have benefited. Obviously people whose business model includes a great number of imports have benefited. Canadian exporters have been hit hard in many cases. But there are also critics who would say that Canadian businesses ha

Finance committee  Yes, I am familiar with it. The numbers are staggering in terms of the exit of the federal presence as a result of that review, and things have not been reinstated over time. Other areas of jurisdiction in Canada have had reinstatement. In fact, we have not recovered on the feder

Finance committee  My apologies for that. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentlemen. It's a pleasure to be here. The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is a best practice organization that continuously strives to make Halifax an attractive place in which to live, work, and play. The 1,700 chamber members employ approxi