Thank you for your important question, Mr. St‑Denis.
It's a very important concern, and I'd respond to it with two points.
First, your question underscores the importance of fighting inflation. I believe we all agree that today's inflation rate is too high and that it's important for all of us to help fight it. That's the reason we've chosen to take a responsible fiscal approach to avoid undermining the Bank of Canada's work in combating inflation.
Second, with regard to competition, I completely agree with you that we need competition among businesses for the market to function properly. That's one of the reasons why our government has targeted issues such as the green transition and productivity in our economic policy.