Thank you, Mr. Chairperson, and thanks to all of you for your time today.
Let me start with Mr. Dodge.
Thank you for your presentation today. It helps clear up some of the headlines that happened around November of last year, with things like “Income trusts a good thing, Dodge says”, and “Dodge touts trusts' benefits”. I think, as you've pointed out today, you were taken out of context.
So I would like you to take a minute to further clear up the record and give your feelings about the government's decision on this file, given the attack that has been made against closing the loophole, given the questionings around the tax leakage, which we're hearing from in terms of finance officials, provincial governments, reputable folks out in the field, yet all of that is being questioned by some lobbyists today. I need you to address that for the record.