Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your presentations this morning. It's a real pleasure to be in Alberta, in this vibrant and dynamic city of Edmonton.
I have a number of questions, and I'd like to start with the Alberta Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Kobly.
I took great interest in your suggestions for indexing various thresholds in the Income Tax Act. I think that's something we should certainly follow up on. I wonder, in addition to that, if you could comment on the competitiveness of our current Canadian corporate and business tax rate, especially when they're fully implemented by 2012. Do you see that as advantageous for encouraging growth of business investment in Canada? What more, if anything, do you think we ought to do in that regard?