Thanks, Chair.
Dr. Mintz, our friend Mr. Sorbara, in his lecture or cabinet audition—I couldn't tell which one it was—painted a very rosy picture that Canadians have never had it better. Something that I think the Liberals continue to mislead Canadians about is that they've never had it so good. We know, because the Bank of Canada has confirmed it, that Canada is in a “break glass” productivity crisis right now. GDP per person is on the decline. We also know that private sector job growth is flat or declining.
I just wanted to give you some time to respond to Mr. Sorbara and the Liberals about what is, in our opinion, a very misleading fact that Canadians have never had it so good, and what that means to Canadian standards of living, which we know are declining.