Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for the CPQ representatives.
In my view, you have rightly pointed out—and this is not coming from socialists or communists, but from the Employers' Council—that health care transfers should not be linked to inflation, but to the needs of the population. You also indicated that Quebec had harmonized its sales tax, and that it should receive compensation for having done so. You are also being realistic with regard to the deadline for infrastructure work when you say that the deadline should be extended so that work as a whole can be completed. I therefore thank you for having raised those issues.
On page 4 of your brief, under business assistance, you raise a number of points, and at the end, you appear to be saying that the recovery is not even across Canada and that there are sectors that may be experiencing slower economic recovery than others. Is it exaggerated to say that, if business assistance were suspended because some sectors are more vigorous, then that might nip the recovery in the bud in the more vulnerable sectors that you mention on page 4?