Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning to everybody, and good morning to our witnesses. It's very informative. Thank you for your courage in coming this morning.
Mr. Prince and Mr. Stapleton, these first questions will be targeted to you. In this study, every time we talk about expanding EI or CPP benefits, my Conservative friends say that we're increasing payroll taxes. These programs have to be funded from somewhere.
Would you classify payments to contributory benefit programs as payroll taxes, Mr. Prince?