Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I must say you are looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. We both got delayed on our flights and arrived at the hotel at 1 a.m. last night. Good on you.
I'm going to take this opportunity to address Ms. Proulx, because as timing worked out, I think I have the last five minutes. I appreciate all of you for coming here.
It's a great pleasure for me to speak with you.
Ms. Proulx, thank you. We're going to need you and your members. We're coming through a pretty dark time with respect to the Canadian economy. Our productivity is among the worst in the OECD. Capital investment, as you pointed out, is the second lowest.
I'm going to give you the floor for more time to perhaps talk a bit about amortization and the elimination of red tape. What can we do to help you? We desperately need you and your members in the province of Quebec and manufacturers to lead the way to get us out of this economic quagmire we're in.