Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My congratulations to you, Minister. I enjoyed our time together in the last Parliament as committee colleagues, so I wish you the best and extend my congratulations now, as you are a witness to our committee and we have you at that end of the table. It's nice to see you this evening.
I'm going to begin by asking you a question you've been asked both in the media and in the chamber. You replied to this question that I placed on the Order Paper about the definition of “middle class”. You've had some time to prepare and I want to know if you have an answer, a definition now, or if it is the position of your government that there is no definition of “middle class”.