Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
Thank you very much for being here.
I'm sorry I missed most of your presentations. It's hard for us to be in two places at once.
I want to start with Ken Delaney.
When we're dealing with this competitiveness agenda, I think we have to give some serious thought to what kinds of supports we give to our labour force. I'm sorry I missed all the facts you gave, but I understand it is cheaper to set up a business in Canada than in the United States. Our corporate tax rate is actually lower in Canada than in the United States. We continue to give fairly big breaks to corporations and very little investment to workers. To top it all off, we just had a series of cutbacks that I think really hit adult workers hard, especially in the areas of literacy and training. Yet we've heard throughout these hearings from an overwhelming number of business people who say that all this country needs to do is get rid of the debt, give more tax breaks to the business community, cut back on vital programs, and we'll set the conditions for a brighter future. We need more witnesses to talk about what that will leave us with and what we need to do to invest in workers.
I know it's a big question, but I'd like you to comment on any aspect of that for the report we have to write.