I apologize. I was teasing Pierre.
Oh, you are sitting down, Pierre, that's very good.
I want to start by thanking Stephen Harper for creating the parliamentary budget office. We've begun to take it for granted.
Your work is excellent, Mr. Giroux and Dr. Yan. We're in your debt. I'm extraordinarily grateful, because I have questions from constituents all the time about what it means for our future—how much deficit, how much debt can we handle. I find the clarity of your reports in this pandemic enormously helpful.
I want to drill down on something you just said. You said you hoped that the stimulus spending, when we see it post-pandemic, will be “productivity enhancing”. I wonder if you have some specific suggestions of what you think, by category obviously. What kind of spending would meet your goals of seeing something that actually takes advantage of a crisis to improve our economic indicators, particularly productivity?