Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome. Sorry again for the delay in getting here. We had a vote to take care of.
Mr. Hodgson, you were talking about the tradespeople movement throughout the country. Are you familiar with the “red seal”? The red seal is where you keep a certain standard level of training for all of the trades. The last thing we need is some kind of dumbing down of the quality tradespeople that we have. But that's more of a comment than a question.
My real question for you is this. The Conference Board recently published a report detailing rising inequality in Canada. It was a very good report. I'd like you to comment on the way in which this inequality is not only bad in social justice terms but also bad for the economy. It affects consumption and affects demand. If you could expand on that, I'd appreciate it.