Thank you, Mr. Cannis, and thanks to each of you for your interventions this morning.
I'd like to start with Mr. Cameron on the issue of the gap between rich and poor, and the effect of economic change or development on that, potentially. Industrial revolution also led to an increase in the gap between rich and poor, but it also improved quantifiably the standard of living for the poor. I think any time a country is industrialized or develops its economy, there will be some level of risk of gap between rich and poor, but the standard of living for the poorest also is strengthened. That has been demonstrated throughout periods of economic change.
I don't think Peru is unique in terms of gaps between rich and poor. We have issues in Canada on gaps between rich and poor. If you compare the conditions on aboriginal reserves to Rosedale, you're going to see a significant gap. If you consider the difference between Canadian provinces and the variance in our economies in terms of the resource sectors in some economies and the financial sectors in other economies, I don't think this situation is unique to Peru, that there are gaps between rich and poor or geographic disparities.
