Thank you, Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses with us today.
My first question will be for Mr. Agnew from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
In its newsletter, the chamber said that “it has never been more important for the federal government to focus on economic growth”, which was a good positive mark for the budget. On that, I think I completely agree with you. I would add that we should focus on inclusive growth—although some would say that we should focus rather on our deficit. I agree with that too. However, we should also focus on having the best net debt-to-GDP ratio of the G7 and the G20.
As the world is transitioning towards a green and digital economy, I think it's very important that we focus on key sectors of our economy—where it could grow and where we could all succeed in tomorrow's economy.
On economic growth and the key sector investments, may I have your thoughts on them and our budget's focus on those sectors?