Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank both the witnesses for their testimony.
I have to really contrast the information we heard from the PBO earlier with what we've heard from a number of witnesses, and certainly we hear the minister regularly say that there's not a generalized skill shortage across Canada, though we surely have some areas and some regions of the country where that's particularly important.
As we look at the data that the PBO used—it was Bank of Canada, the Conference Board of Canada, CFIB, and Statistics Canada—certainly those are all very well-recognized and respected institutions within Canada, but I think what I'm hearing from you, Mr. Atkinson, is that they don't have the ability to tell the whole story in Canada. Therefore, if they don't have the ability to tell the whole story, then perhaps some of the conclusions are less than accurate.
Do you want to comment on that particular piece?