Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good day to all of the witnesses. My first question will be addressed to the representative of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Ms. Kremmidas, in your presentation, you say that it is important that the Canadian government balance the budget as quickly as possible. You also say that it would be preferable to avoid raising taxes. However, I heard nothing about the matter of transfers to provinces.
You know that there are several places where there are links and connections within the financial structure. Just as your members have to pay... are represented both in Canada and the different provinces, can you tell me whether the federal government should avoid reducing transfers to provinces? In any case, if the federal government downloads costs to the provinces as it has done in the past, someone will have to pay somewhere.