Thank you, Chair.
I thank our witnesses for being here today.
My first question is for Madame Labrecque,
from Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec.
Madame Labrecque, in your submission, you argue that the government should wipe out the budget deficit quickly and work on implementing a debt repayment plan. You sound like a natural Conservative. I appreciate that.
As you may know, our government did in fact repay $38 billion of the national debt in our first two years in government. We now have the lowest net debt to GDP in the G-7, by far.
Since the time of your submission, the government has announced steps forward on both of these issues. Our government set an ambitious debt-to-GDP target of 25% by 2021. Also, I would like you to know that in the economic and fiscal update, we're on track to balance the budget in 2015.
I'm interested in knowing how important this is for young people in Quebec and across Canada.