Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
In the public accounts, we recognize, and we're seeing, that the economy posted modest growth through 2011 and then early into the first half of 2012. We know there were reasons. My colleague raised the question of corporate tax. This is just a comment. I think it's important to recognize the strength of our economy, and why, when corporate tax, business tax, and personal tax are kept in control and there is money in the pockets of the people, it's important.
We talk about Canada's economy, and I think it's important, in terms of the accounts of what Canada does to make sure we stay healthy, to recognize that we have a responsibility to our provinces to not cut those transfers. We have done that so that they meet their obligations.
This will go to the financial folks. The stimulus phase of the economic action plan was from January 2009-10 to 2010-11. It was something the provinces embraced and endorsed with us, and we thank them for that.
We needed something to cushion the economy. Can you give us any benchmark, in fact, of how it contributed to our recovery?