Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance.
On January 1, the Minister of Finance intends to go ahead with a plan that dates from 1991 and has been repeatedly postponed. It involves limiting the deductibility of provincial taxes on capital and payroll from federal income tax. Implementing this proposal would penalize business in Quebec especially, because Quebec takes half the taxes that would be affected by the federal measure.
Will the Minister of Finance agree once and for all to do away with the plan to limit the deductibility of taxes on capital and payroll from federal income tax, a plan that would hit Quebec business hard?