My intent in both graphs is to focus the viewer's attention on the trends. Rather than heavily manipulate the data, which I did not think the committee wanted me to, I gave you the actual from-the-statistical-sources data so that it would be as untrammelled as possible. If you look at the data, you will see that the trend in Canada is very flat, while the trend in the United States is very steeply declining. That is true in both graphs, and that was the intent of my graphic presentation. I hope that clarifies for the members.
On October 4th, 2006. See this statement in context.