Mr. Lavoie, when the accelerated capital cost allowance came out, the Conference Board of Canada said it was a good feature to help adjust to the high dollar at the time. That was in 2007. They also said it should be temporary and not extended beyond three years. In 2007, as you know, it was brought in to help profitable companies with reduced profit margins due to the credit crunch among other global economic factors.
Would you agree with their recommendation that it just be a temporary measure, or do you think it should be continued? The Conference Board believes that as a permanent measure it encourages an artificial investment into the manufacturing sector and perhaps not in the right areas, not the innovation-based sectors, but just manufacturing in general.
Could you address their critique and counter it with your own analysis of the situation?