I'm going to give the last minute to Mr. Marston.
All four presentations today have identified some key needs for investment. There is foreign aid and development, culture, infrastructure, aboriginal peoples, and the environment. Those are all key components. Now we're being told, and I certainly hope it's not the case, that the government's priority is going to be further corporate tax cuts, another $4 billion on January 1. To my mind, that's wrong-headed.
I wanted to set the record straight, coming back from Ms. Glover's comment about what happened three years ago. Three years ago the government didn't want to invest. We'll all recall, because we all participated in this, that the government had to be pulled kicking and screaming to make those investments. The budget and the government would have been defeated if they hadn't made those valuable investments. Now we're seeing the same circular argument coming back.
My question to each of you is, if you were finance minister, knowing the scope of the need across the country—and we've been hearing all day today from many great Canadians about the needs that are out there—would you be putting all of your eggs in one basket with a further corporate tax cut, or would you be investing in some of the key issues that you've been raising here today to make sure that Canadians are brought forward and that we deal with the economic slowdown? The Governor of the Bank of Canada has been concerned about it. I just wanted to ask you that. You can answer it or not. Would you be prioritizing those investments?