Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'll begin by reading for my colleagues some extracts in English and in French from the position of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Unlike the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters association that was here a little bit earlier, it actually has members. There are 105,000 members of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Recently they wrote to all of your colleagues, and they provided me with a copy of it—today, in fact.
I'll start with the French.