Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I hope the witnesses are not too surprised by my questions. In any case, I think that they will be able to answer them quite easily.
In point 3.58, it says that the issue also represents a global vision. There is a paradox here; we saw what Professor Léo-Paul Lauzon said. I hope you are familiar with his research work on this. He says that gradually, we are seeing the richest 5% of the population not have to pay any income tax whatsoever. A large proportion of these highest-income people manage from one year to the next not to pay any income tax, or to pay very little.
The question we must ask ourselves is the following: Is what you are doing to the Canadian tax system, overall, not going to result in a situation where our grandchildren are going to have to pay for the tax credits we have at this time? The problem is serious, and we note that tax expenditures increase constantly. These tax expenditures systematically favour the richest group of the Canadian population. We don't want our grandchildren to have to pay our bills. As point 3.58 indicates, there is a some kind of flaw in the overall analysis.
Please do not all answer at the same time.