Clearly, we understand that government must identify many pressures and priorities when developing a budget. We certainly cited concerns with a projected deficit of over $18 billion in the 2018 budget and the lack of planning to get to balance. I think there is a concern. As we've seen over the last year, we need to be in the mindset that when times are good government should be looking for ways to address the country's growing deficit, not add to it.
We recently returned from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce resolutions debate in our national meetings. There was a good debate and a good discussion about what debt-to-GDP ratio our country should be striving for. I don't know if anyone knows, but I think it's nearly 90% right now. I wouldn't be one to specify or dictate what that should be. I don't even know that it was clarified at our meetings, but I think a debt-to-GDP ratio needs to be identified for our country that allows us to prepare for headwinds, uncertainty and challenging times that could be ahead. We certainly hope not, but they could be ahead.