Finance committee  We have a meeting scheduled for the next few weeks. We will see if we can bring that issue up.

Finance committee  Yes, I think you are right. In Canada, the level of debt, both public and private, is extremely high. We do not feel quite so bad when we see the situation other countries are in. Ours is a little better. I believe that we must also consider the quality of the assets. In my opinion, Canadian assets are of better quality than assets in other countries.

Finance committee  Thank you and good afternoon, everyone. We have experienced an atypical recession and the recovery has been equally atypical. The financial crisis has greatly affected many countries. After all the public investments made in a number of industrialized countries, we thought there would be a spark last summer and the private sector would take over from the public sector.