The other thing you're alluding to and you're reminding me about also, Mr. Macdonald, is the fact that if the federal government didn't take on the debt, we have heard from others that there would be worse repercussions for the economy and, as you just mentioned, there would be far higher debt levels whether on corporations or on the provinces.
We have often heard our Minister of Finance say that the government is taking on the debt so that Canadians don't need to. Do you think that's a fair statement?