Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd love to get seven questions in, but I doubt that I'll do it.
I'll quickly start with Glenn Drover.
I appreciated your citing authoritative references that indicate that other countries using public policies and taxation measures different from Canada's have produced results of lower poverty rates, more equal distribution of income, higher pensions for seniors, lower infant mortality rates, higher educational outcomes, and better environmental performance. I don't want to say it's all-inclusive, but it seems to me that you've just cited the general aspirations that Canadians express, and why they pay taxes, if not joyfully, at least with an understanding that this is the price for a civilized society.
Can you speak directly to the government on this issue, in the sense that we can talk until we're blue in the face, but the government is not listening? You have government members here; you have a committee that reports back to government on this issue. What is it? Is it pure ideology? Is it pure ignorance? What is it that makes it impossible for them to understand this, and can you try again?