Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the team from Stats Can for being here today. Please pass on my best to the chief statistician.
One of the things I was hoping we could discuss today was inflation. I don't think there's any issue that affects Canadians' financial health today more than inflation. Your presentation, sir, illustrated many of the challenges that Canadians are facing.
As the basket of goods used to measure CPI has changed since 1991, and it says here in the parliamentary briefing note that we've seen the highest levels since August 1991, it would be helpful to my constituents to have an apples-to-apples comparison when discussing how we track inflation.
Would you be able, sir, through Statistics Canada—I don't expect it on the spot—to please provide the committee with an analysis that measures what the rate of inflation would be in the CPI basket from August 1991 versus the one that you prepare for Canadians on a regular basis?