Thank you very much, Mr. Chairperson, and thanks to all of our presenters today.
I think it's important to start off with the question of these tax incentives for corporations vis-à-vis creating a strong Canadian economy, something that Walid has focused on.
There's another side to this whole argument that I'd like to ask Erin, Brigitte, and André about, and that is, we've seen over the last ten years significant reductions in corporate taxes. There was a huge corporate tax break under the Liberals to the tune of about $10 billion over five or six years. We've seen tax havens continue to the present and not addressed. We've seen all kinds of benefits on the corporate side but no return, as far as I can tell, in terms of investment in Canada.
So I think we need to address that for a moment before we go back to the issue of tax havens, because there is that whole side to the equation that needs to be addressed.
Erin.