Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome, everyone.
This is my first time in Saskatoon.
That's enough French for the morning.
I have a couple of comments for Darla from the Chamber of Commerce. It was nice to meet you this morning in the elevator.
I wanted to let you know that there was a consultation period that we just finished on October 2. I come from a riding in the city of Vaughan. It has about 13,000 small, medium, and large businesses and manufacturers. I've met with a number of them. From my prior background working on Wall Street and Bay Street, although raised in a small town, and having met with a number of tax accountants, I'm fully versed in the potential unintended consequences, and I also understand that tax fairness is something which many Canadians care about. We need to get it right. We need to be judicious and diligent, and we are listening on that front.
I'm turning to the Naylor report. Three of the presenters this morning spoke about the Naylor report. I'd like you to quickly—and I mean in 30 seconds—re-emphasize how important fundamental research is to the Canadian economy in terms of our competitiveness versus our neighbours to the south or our neighbours on the other sides of the Pacific and the Atlantic. I'll throw that over first to Mr. Huber, please.