In our view, as we've explained, interest rates have an impact on companies' investment plans. This is obvious.
I'll give you a very concrete example of the measures we want to put forward. There are a whole host of things that are driving up costs and inflation. Right now, because of the automatic indexation rules, the excise tax on alcohol, which is a very important element for restaurant and hospitality businesses, would increase by over 4%. This is part of the cost structure of these businesses. We therefore recommend that this rate, as it was last year, be limited to 2%, for example.
This is the type of measure we'd like to see the federal government take to limit inflation as much as possible. The more cost structures rise, the more this is reflected in investment projects and companies' financial statements.