Thank you.
I was very interested in your comments about the serial entrepreneur, whom you gave the example of, who found himself in legal limbo; presumably he would want to pay tax, but he didn't know where, to whom, and how much. I found that story very interesting.
I listened with great interest to all of you, who were saying we need to introduce these kinds of amendments to bring the Income Tax Act up to current status on a more timely basis. We on this side have introduced technical amendments to the Income Tax Act a number of times that have been stalled by the other side. Even today, with our majority government, we're finding that members on the other side are still attempting to do whatever they can to delay the implementation of this act. So I find it passing strange; they're just crying crocodile tears when they claim we need to pass these things more quickly. It's all in their court right now. If they want to do it, we'll find unanimous consent to do it.
Getting on to my questions, I would like to begin with Mr. Hickey.
I want to talk a bit about REITs, real estate investment trusts. Under part 5 of the amendments, a consultation process was undertaken, and presumably a number of your clients participated in these consultations. Do you feel that consultation process was adequate and thorough enough?