Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To MP Turnbull, these are in addition. I'm not surprised that you would like us to remove the green slush fund from further study and put this back on.
On the broader issue, the committee is in charge of its own destiny, and the statements and speech by the Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of Canada officials happened after our steering committee meeting, when we agreed on the agenda. We thought it would be an appropriate time, given that productivity is obviously an urgent issue. If it wasn't, the Governor of the Bank of Canada wouldn't have raised the issue at this time.
Do not delay it until next year, or some other mythical time, and have a discussion, but actually do it when the Bank of Canada has raised it as a primary concern about the future ability of our country to afford the programs, the lifestyle and the things we all enjoy and love so much about being here.
In the spirit of being in charge of our own destiny and being nimble in order to reflect things that go on in the economy, because I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time, it's incumbent upon us to have these officials here to talk about this urgent priority raised by the governor and his officials.