Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for your presentations today.
I'm a visitor to this committee, so thank you for allowing me to speak.
Contrary to other people on this committee, I am very interested in hearing from our economists.
Mr. Poschmann, my question goes first to you. But maybe our banks can also comment, because they are probably providing credit.
I was reading the public accounts books that were released the other day. Some people say I should get a life, but as a person who has studied economics, I have an interest in them.
What was notable to me in the first few pages was a pie chart showing that government receives 47% of its income from income tax and 13% from corporate income tax. We're talking about lowering corporate income tax to create more jobs in our economy--to create well-paying jobs in our economy. What impact will that have on income tax generation for the government? What will happen if we don't make those corporate tax cuts? Tim Hortons recently returned to Canada because of corporate tax reductions. What allure will this have for other companies to invest here?