Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the opportunity to mention my website which is www.garth.ca. There, one will find a very stimulating discussion going on.
In answer to this, I think anybody who knows anything about the economy certainly knew that the income trust sector needed some more regulation surrounding it. I certainly had proposed some ideas in that regard.
I do not think that anyone ever expected that the Minister of Finance would bring in a tax holus-bolus that would destroy the industry and erode so many savings.
I did vote for the motion for pension splitting, absolutely. I thought it was one of the most fraudulent, politically manipulated moves I have ever seen in my entire life, to have that pension splitting provision, which we all would have supported, bundled with an income trust tax which the Prime Minister betrayed us on. To put those two things together was fraudulent and the government ought to be ashamed. Shame.