Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses again.
I will first address Mr. Labrie.
Your economic notes are interesting. Since I read them in English, I will also ask you my questions in English.
There's a new release that was attached to the note, sir, and I'm not sure if everyone was able to see it, but I see that you've got five summed-up points. Do you happen to have the news release with you? No? I'm going to ask if perhaps you could send it to the committee. I think it ought to be taken into consideration when we form our recommendations. It does sum up very well things that you've already said about income inequality, including that the after-tax income for the poorest has increased by 23% between 1995 and 2000, that poverty is temporary, that income gaps are overestimated due to household size, that consumption gaps show little change, and that the data quality is likely distorted, especially due to the amount of income that is not fully declared. I would ask that you send that to the clerk, if you wouldn't mind, so we can take that into consideration.
But I do want to give Mr. Lammam an opportunity to rebut what Ms. Nash said about those studies. I, too, take issue with the way that was done and taken a bit out of context.
Go ahead, Mr. Lammam.