Mr. Chair, I have some questions for Mr. Bradley and the Canadian Trucking Alliance.
Mr. Bradley, you mentioned in your comments that the economic situation facing the trucking industry today in Canada is still quite fragile, although we are seeing some recovery in other areas of our economy. I assume you would agree that this is no time for an election, which would divert the government's attention from the economy, and that it might be quite irresponsible for us to proceed in that manner at this time. That's one question.
I wonder if you could also comment on how the following budget measures from our recent budgets are impacting the Canadian trucking industry, and there are a list of things I want to read out here that I hope will be beneficial for the trucking industry. They include: lowering the federal corporate tax rates and small business tax rates, and I know many small business owners are owner-operators of trucking firms; accelerated capital cost allowance for investment in manufacturing and processing equipment; support for the automotive sector through the provision of $10.8 billion to General Motors and Chrysler, and in that regard, I'm pleased to have heard recently that Chrysler has announced that it will be assembling a new Fiat model car at its plant in Brampton, Ontario, which is located very close to my riding in Mississauga; and there is $12 billion for the Canadian Secured Credit Facility to support the purchase and leasing of new vehicles such as trucks, and new investments in roads and border crossing infrastructure.
I wonder if you could give us some comments on those.
Thank you.