Thank you so much. Thank you for the great service that CHIN does for our nation.
I want to turn my attention to Mr. Robson.
I have a general comment, Mr. Chair. I know there's a bit of a conversation about our economy. Often my Conservative colleagues make it seem like our economy is awful and in the tank. I will say to you that we have heard testimony at this committee that the carbon tax is not responsible for all the price increases in Canada. We've also heard testimony that, when the capital gains tax was increased during the Mulroney years, it did not end up having a negative impact on innovation and productivity, but I don't have time to go into that.
I do want to talk about productivity specifically. My question for Mr. Robson is the following: In the 1990s, Australia engaged in a fairly robust competition and productivity study. It took them about two and a half years to actually set the whole thing up—how they set it up and what were they going to study, as it was going across the different states. At the same time, not only did they set up the study, but once they got it going, they were also going to monitor any competition or productivity changes and report on any progress. It then took 10 years to do the actual review and the reform of 1,800 identified laws and regulations that were impacting productivity and competition.
Do you believe this type of a study is something we should be engaging in here in Canada?