Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for being here, Mr. Barton. I very much appreciate it.
I'm glad to hear that some of my colleagues are for the sale of public infrastructure, like roads and hospitals, but as a university professor, I would say my simplified Economics 101 says that we pay now or we pay later, but the taxpayer will eventually be paying. I fail to understand why private investors such as BlackRock would invest in infrastructure projects unless they could make a profit. Even an infrastructure bank seems like a means of ensuring that investment money—you've mentioned the $13 trillion that is getting negative yields—will be making a profit on the backs of Canadians. It also almost seems like a massive transfer of public funds towards the private funds in order for them to make money—a subsidy towards business.
I have two questions related to this. I was wondering if you could describe asset recycling and how it would apply to Canada. I was wondering if you could also describe how many indigenous communities you've actually met over the course of your mandate and how many times you might have had discussions with indigenous leaders.
Thank you.