Mr. Speaker, the problem is not the conference board but the mandate it was given by the Séguin commission.
For example, it said, “In 20 years, no recession”. But, in the past 20 years, we have seen the 1980-81 recession, and the 1989-90 recession, with years of after-effects. It said that there would be no tax cuts. Last year marked the largest tax cuts in the history of Canada.
This shows that the problem is the mandate given by the Séguin commission.