Finance committee  We were not asked. I think in a previous question I said that it would be difficult to assess exactly what can be attached to climate change and what can be attached to events that would occur even without climate change.

Finance committee  Well, the question of food price inflation is a very complex one, because it involves many factors: trade barriers, extraordinary world events and supply chain disruptions. Whether climate change has a greater impact than 0.6% on food price inflation in any one year I think is

Finance committee  If I recall correctly...

Finance committee  Yes. I can let Mr. Boswell take the question if he would like to though, I would be pleased to. We can also answer together.

Finance committee  If I remember correctly, our cost estimates were relatively close to the government's estimates. I don't recall the details of the study since we have done a number of them. That is probably all I can say about that, which is not much more than Mr. Boswell, I think.

Finance committee  I would just like to say something about inflation. In terms of the effects of a government inflation policy, you have to make a distinction between a number of concepts. By way of a simple analogy, we could compare inflation to the price of a car on a straight road. Inflation i

Finance committee  No, we’re not seeing Japanese-style deflation in Canada over the medium term.