Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
After hearing the collective testimony, I noted that, as often happens in these budget consultations, there are very disparate topics here today. Once again, thank you. We've heard about everything from beer to banking today.
I'm struck, though, with one overwhelming commonality. After eight years, this government is failing all of your industries. The failures are as varied as your industries, from creating investor uncertainty through the inclusion of retroactive taxation, to undermining the hotel industry with a failing immigration system.
Even positives in this budget are merely band-aid solutions to self-inflicted wounds. The cap on the Excise Tax Act would not be needed if this government had not implemented the escalator tax.