Thank you.
We had a number of really good, quite targeted, and specific recommendations from just about everybody. That is very helpful for the committee's work.
I want to talk about the carbon tax. Mr. Wever, you have made some strong points. Observers have noted that many of Canada's most vulnerable people will be among those who will be affected most by this carbon tax, as it comes into force and the effects are felt. The carbon tax makes food, home heating, and transportation more expensive.
Nowhere will these things be felt more acutely than in the north. We've heard every witness, in one way or another, touch on the challenges of living in remote areas and how much more expensive everything is because of the infrastructure challenges and deficiencies. We heard this morning about a jar of jam that costs $2-and-something in Ottawa and—I can't remember the figure, whether it was $10 or $12—it was $12 there. Is there any spare room for additional cost of living imposition in the north?