Furthermore, with regard to the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board, our logic is this: we would have liked there to be a genuinely independent employment insurance fund. You created a board; we emphasized that that was a step in the right direction, but it really had to play its role. When it proposes an increase in premiums to allow improvements to pension plans, it has to be allowed to play its role. I don't understand your logic either. You established a board; you gave it a mandate that we find too limited, and you don't even abide by it.
Lastly, with regard to what the Confédération des syndicats nationaux is asking, our brief contains more comprehensive figures. Whatever the case may be, Canada is one of the least indebted countries in the world. It is one of the countries where, in percentage terms, deficits are the lowest in the world. All economists currently agree that there is going to be a double dip recession, a recovery that could be very slow. When we see what's going on in the United States and Europe, we're extremely concerned. We think the Canadian government has to intervene to support the economy.