Mr. Speaker, it could be a measure that is looked at, but the member will have to convince me that there is a big difference between that and accelerated capital cost allowances which in effect serve the same purpose. If one works better than the other, I am certainly not opposed to it.
Two things are required to help this industry today: tax relief and the expansion of the Atlantic rim trade. If both of these issues were looked at carefully and quickly by the federal government, we could see some changes in the industry. As mentioned in the motion put forward by the Tories to develop a new national shipbuilding policy, I think we are beyond that request and well beyond that as a solution. It is not policy we need. We need broad based tax relief in some form or another.