Thank you.
And thank you both for appearing. Mr. Mallett, I notice you have a very fancy desk there.... Is the CFIB on a cost-cutting spree here?
As you know, part of our study is examining how Canadian businesses can better obtain and utilize high-value information with strong economic potential. Today we're looking at this part of the study.
Mr. Mallett said forward-looking data is more important. I think it's fair to say that most government data is not only looking back, it looks back over some time gap. It takes a while to get these things posted. Mr. Pineau mentioned the need for good data.
I want to drill down on those two comments and ask both of you what you as an end-user need to see in terms of quality from government, and the degree to which you think there's a gap, and how you as an end-user would recommend that gap be bridged.
Maybe you could begin, Mr. Mallett.