Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think I heard the word “irrelevant” coming from the other side. I would say that I'm referring to the NDP's actual, printed, costed document from the last election campaign. I don't know, but I would say that it's relevant to the discussion. It clearly lays out a plan to increase government spending by about $70 billion over four years. Part of that, I would point out, is an increase in the corporate tax rate by 30%, going up to 19.5%.
When we talk about indeterminately extending what were stimulus measures in the budget—it's not just one stimulus measure, it's many stimulus measures that they would be pushing for continuing—are we willing to increase business taxes by 30% to do that in your organization's views?
Ms. Pohlmann and Mr. Smith.