Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I thank the panel for coming this morning.
I think it's interesting: we didn't call these meetings before the legislation got back to us as a committee, but the opposition parties did, and we've heard from Mr. Dodge, Mr. Dancey, Mr. Olin, Mr. Hibbert, and Mr. D'Alessandro—all with what I would consider to be independent opinions on these things—and all are supportive in general of what the finance minister has proposed and what we have in our ways and means motion.
My question is for Mr. D'Alessandro. There is some short-term pain, of course, but what, as a leading business person in this country, do you think is the long-term risk for our economy? And what do you think the issue is in terms of productivity for corporations in general?