Wonderful, thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wanted to start with John Williamson.
Mr. Williamson, I think you made a couple of very astute recommendations for the panel. I hope everybody was paying attention, because I think what you were speaking about comes back to exactly what the charge is of this panel, which is Canada's place in a competitive world and trying to make our overall economy more competitive.
I had a couple of specific questions. You mentioned tax reduction, spending restraint, EI premium reductions, and debt relief or debt payment by the federal government.
We announced a number of spending restraints a couple of weeks ago in areas where we felt taxpayers weren't getting value and where it wasn't efficient or effective spending. What was the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's feeling about that?