Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to come back to family income splitting and what you see in terms of an impact.
Those who support this type of measure often say that it would favour the middle class, that it is a measure intended for the middle class. I am not a forecaster, which is why I would like to hear your opinion. To my way of thinking, middle class means a family with a small house, two working parents whose income is about the same, who send their children to school, etc. I would like to know how a family, with each partner earning about the same amount, would benefit by transferring part of one income to the other partner, when both incomes are essentially the same. It seems to me that this type of measure would be more advantages for a couple where one earns a very high income while the other stays at home or earns much less than the partner.
Am I mistaken in my assessment of the average middle income earner and am I out in left field when it comes to assessing the impact that will have on the middle class? Who would like to be the first one to respond?