Thank you, Chair.
I have a question for Mr. Robson.
You're an esteemed economist, sir. I have much respect for you and everything.
One of the things I believe in.... I can make the analogy that, if you're a hockey team, you can only put so many players on the ice. We know the Toronto Maple Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup since 1967, if memory serves me. You want to invest in them and make them as good as possible so they continue to win. In terms of investing in the Canadian worker and ensuring that....
You know, now we have the immigration plan for 2025 to 2027, which will see a large reversal in this GDP per capita conversation. Some of the economists on Bay Street have said this. You know this, and I know this. We'll have increasing GDP per capita. Remember, businesses wanted a lot of these temporary foreign workers. We've had commentary on immigration plan levels from businesses saying, “Please don't do this.” We want businesses to invest in human capital and the physical capital stock.
What would you recommend, Mr. Robson, in terms of how to get that human capital stock—that elusive economic growth and productivity—and that standard of living up? If you could recommend two or three policies, I would love to hear them, sir.