Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I will make sure I have time to continue my very good discussion with the Minister of Finance.
Minister, we started talking about fiscal capacity. To put my esteemed colleague Mr. Lefebvre's comments into perspective, I will say that fiscal capacity often—primarily—depends on context. Things were very different in 2014 from what they were in 2025.
Let's talk about Canada in 2025. Minister, in the budget you tabled in November, you anticipate that the government will be able to unlock $1 trillion worth of investments. Just so we're clear, “billion” in French means “trillion” in English. Sometimes it can be confusing. Of course, that's not just public money.
I have a two-part question.
First, can you tell me what the public portion of that $1 trillion is?
It seems that the focus is mainly on private investment. In other words, the government wants to be able to attract private investors from Canada and abroad.
Can you give us a summary of what has already been done in this regard? The Prime Minister made a number of trips abroad, during which he spoke to a number of institutional investors.
What is our capacity to attract that investment here?