Finance committee  —who saw debt levels very, very high, and what that would mean for a housing bubble and consequently the Canadian economy. Do you have any thoughts on that?

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I simply made the point that countries have pursued the objective of supporting journalism as a critical part of democracy and they've taken various measures, various approaches, to create a situation whereby media can thrive, certainly independently of government. Wi

Finance committee  All right. No problem. Thanks.

Finance committee  That is very much appreciated. I wish we had longer to get into more nuances. As I say, I truly appreciate the work that FCM does. Mr. Bradley, I've seen comments that you made shortly after budget 2019 speaking favourably about the $145-million investment towards cybersecurity

Finance committee  I have a point of clarification, Mr. Chair. Mr. Moody, you paint a scenario whereby the Canadian government is somehow involved in propping up Canadian media organizations, and there's a threat to our democracy as a result. At least that's my understanding of your testimony. I

Finance committee  No—

Finance committee  —the information that I cited, so that the record reflects it, comes from the Columbia Journalism Review. I respect that journal, Mr. Chair.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, we can go the way of trickle-down economics, or we can go the way of investing in people. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, as you know, is Christine Lagarde. Speaking favourably a few years ago, and this continues with the I

Finance committee  Thank you very much.

Finance committee  That's a fair point. I'll move on to the Canada training benefit, which I know the CLC has a favourable view of. Of your workers, are there particular workers you envision will be very interested in taking advantage of the benefit? I'm thinking of workers in sectors that are per

Finance committee  Mr. Roberts, I'm going to assume that many, if not all, of your workers are supported by the Canada child benefit. You will have seen just yesterday it was announced that the Canada child benefit is going up $30 a month, or $360 a year. As you know, the CCB is tax-free. Would you

Finance committee  I only put that on the record because we've seen in the past that the CCB is not the first child benefit we've had in Canada. We've had previous approaches to the policy, but there's been a tax applied, so I worry sometimes that we might get back into that. Putting that on the re

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for today's testimony. Mr. Roberts, you mentioned pharmacare. I'll be very to the point. Where does pharmacare rank for your workers—for the people you represent—in terms of priorities and hopes for the future?

Finance committee  Okay. It echoes testimony we've heard from others as well, whether here in Ottawa or in the consultations that I participated in with colleagues in eastern Canada. I know other colleagues participated in western Canada. It's a universal view, I believe. The devil is in the detai

Finance committee  That's the lowest we've seen. Is that correct?