I want to try to connect. I also have tremendous respect for your writing and your intellectual abilities. I also have tremendous respect for Mr. Lester of the C.D. Howe Institute. He's talked about a disincentivization of work in Canada. When we look at the marginal effective tax rates even for low-income earners, they're often well over 50%. When you add clawbacks plus taxation, you have people who are earning $40,000 or $50,000.
It's not my contention, Mr. Cross, that the average worker looks at their tax return and says, “I'm only earning 33¢ on this dollar” although in some cases it's true, but I believe it's starting to creep into the ethos of Canada that we're disincentivizing, or that Canadians are starting to feel as though they're no longer getting ahead. Could this disincentivization of work have an impact on productivity in our country?