Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, hello to all the witnesses. Thank you for joining us on such short notice. This is a high-calibre group of witnesses.
Thank you, Mr. Leblanc.
Mr. Lukács, your presentations and all the work you do are always greatly appreciated.
I'd like to respond to our colleague Mr. Morantz. He had some very harsh words to say about economists. As an economist by training, I was greatly hurt. I would say to him that when economists are wrong, they always have excellent reasons to explain why the forecasts were off.