Yes, undoubtedly, Mr. Braid, they were very tough.
The spectrum auction, it seems to me, gives an opportunity to the government to invest the proceeds, whatever they may be—and hopefully, they'll be substantial—in the digital economy, which it failed to do in 2008. I hope it doesn't repeat its past mistakes in that regard.
You mentioned that the committee is working on an e-commerce report. I hope you'll listen to what we've heard from witnesses in relation to that, in terms of the development of the digital economy, because when you think about the past, after all, your government inherited a $13 billion surplus, which it then squandered, putting the country in deficit by April and May of 2008, six months before the recession began. If you simply apply these funds to the deficit, it seems to me that you will simply be repeating and compounding that economic mismanagement.
I wonder if you will commit today to investing the proceeds in broadband development, in digital content creation, in digital skills training, in digital literacy—the kinds of things that will help to develop a digital economic strategy for Canada. I think perhaps that's the kind of question you can give a yes or no answer to.