Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for appearing this morning.
Mr. Moist, I have to tell you that I think you hit it right out of the park in your executive summary when you talked about how to “achieve sustained economic recovery in Canada” and also to “create quality...”. I take some issue with that, though, and if I could, I'll just suggest making a little correction there to say “that the government create a climate where quality sustainable jobs can be created” and “ensure relatively low rates of taxation, and achieve a balanced budget”.
Congratulations, sir. I think you're absolutely right.
Mr. Lord, you have had a distinguished career. You're a former premier of New Brunswick. I want to ask you, however, because the opposition is quite critical of the government's position of lowering corporate taxes and the importance of that, if you could just give us your feelings. I've read that a recent study says you expect to fill 100,000 new positions in the IT sector. If you could just tell us how important the position is that the government is taking to keep corporate tax lower and tell us if you would agree with that...maybe you could just enlighten the group on it.