I would like to begin with a macro issue on the budget, in terms of our overall availability of money to fund the kinds of tax cuts or expenditures all of you are talking about. The government is talking about a second GST reduction, from 6% to 5%, which would cost a huge amount of money, like $6 billion per year, which risks crowding out various other initiatives.
I've done this in other parts of the country, with other groups. I'd like to do a very quick poll and ask each of you, starting on my left. Either representing your organization or as a private citizen, would you wish to go ahead with this GST cut, or would you rather not and use the $6 billion a year for other priorities? So it's either, “No, don't go ahead with the GST”, or “Yes, do” or, if you prefer, “No comment”.