Wow. That's actually a lot worse than the most recent numbers that I had been aware of.
It would seem to be accelerating, in that the net investment deficit since the beginning of the fiscal year, which is roughly when the Prime Minister was sworn in, is another $50 billion.
Perhaps I won't get you to comment on that.
I want to go now to Professor Martin and pick up where Ms. Cobena left off around legislated solutions and data deficiencies in Canada.
There have been repeated attempts in Parliament to compel the CRA to measure and to actually give information to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, so that the Parliamentary Budget Officer can independently measure the tax gap in Canada. Senator Percy Downe has been the champion of this.
Are you aware of his work?