Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I, too, would like to welcome all the witnesses and thank them for their remarks, which were very enlightening. We don't have time to ask all our questions, but we are taking notes. The witnesses' remarks and answers will inform the documents we submit to the minister.
My questions are for Ms. Laflamme, but before I ask them, I'd like to say two things.
First of all, I agree with Ms. Dzerowicz that Mr. Musiwa and his organization have always provided very valuable content to this committee. I would direct my colleague's attention to the Montreal Canadiens calendar in the top-right corner of the witness's screen. He clearly has good taste, so I hope that most of my colleagues will take a page from his book. Good on you, Mr. Musiwa. You have good taste.
Second, I have a request for Dr. Mintz. We've had a lot of discussion about the capital gains changes. As you said, what the Financial Management Institute is saying is really quite different from what you are saying. The government, specifically the minister, told us that 40,000 people a year were affected. You said that it will affect 1.26 million people on a lifetime basis. That is not at all the same thing. According to you, the change would reduce real GDP per capita by 3%, which is significant. You also say that it would lead to the loss of 414,000 jobs. Personally, I'm very concerned. We don't know whether the matter will come back to the House, whether the notice of ways and means motion will be voted on or what the text of the bill will be, but all of this concerns me greatly.
I am therefore asking you to provide the committee, in writing, with your data sources, hypotheses and methodology so that we can ask economists to reproduce your results. We have the resources to do the translation. Your figures stand in stark contrast to what the government and the Financial Management Institute are telling us. I would therefore ask you to send us all of that in writing, if possible, so that we can seriously consider the issue, which is very worrisome. Thank you in advance.
Having said that, I will now ask my questions.
Ms. Laflamme, did you have time to finish your remarks, or do you want to take a few minutes to finish up?