I want to recall that in one of the earlier consultations with the finance minister, the representative of the Canadian Bankers Association was calling for an investment in child care. The reason was that a number of the leading corporations are very concerned about the looming labour shortage. Unless something is done about that...we're already seeing the evidence of the economic harm it's doing. Things like day care and things like positive incentives to help people who are now trapped in welfare to be able to move into employment are critical to the health of our economy.
When we talk about productivity, people often think of high tech. That's where we're already highly productive. Where we would realize the most bang for our buck in terms of investment and productivity is investing at the lower end. Investing in training and education and in programs that would support people at the low end would yield the most benefit in terms of improved productivity. It may be counterintuitive, but the economic research is there to back that up--