Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses. It's always fascinating information to delve into. I appreciate your expertise all around.
I'd like to ask some questions of Mr. Leswick. I'll begin with the chart on page 1.20 of the English version, which I'll just summarize by saying that it reviews the net government debt percentage to GDP of the G-7 nations, including Canada, and points out that the OECD estimates that the average percentage of debt to GDP for those G-7 nations is 84.3%.
I understand that the Canadian government has managed the lowest total government net debt to GDP at around 40.3%. I'd like to ask Mr. Leswick how the government managed that. What factors contributed to, what I would consider to be, a successful result?