Thank you very much.
I understand the principle of employee stock options. Clearly, the purpose behind them is to attract highly qualified employees and keep them here in Canada. However, there's something I don't quite understand. I'm looking at table A5.3 on page 388 which shows the distribution of stock options by income for the year 2007. One thing that strikes me in particular are the average values.
Just between you and me, if we look at the average values for a person earning less than $100,000 a year and those values for a person earning in excess of $500,000 a year, it becomes apparent that there is no point in having an average value.
I'd be curious to know what the actual median is. That figure would probably be more interesting that the average value. Do you have an idea of the median value of employee stock options?