Thank you.
My last question returns to this issue of a panoply of little tax credits versus broad-based tax relief. I have always favoured, and our previous Liberal governments have favoured, broad-based tax relief, partly because generally it's agreed that this is better for productivity than the panoply of tax credits. It's also less costly to administer.
As well, as I've said before--and I know you don't like this very much--there's an element of social engineering when the government says you get money if your children play soccer or hockey, but you don't get money if your children play the violin or do dancing. My contention is that it's up to families, not government, to make the decision as to what is best for their own children. That's another reason to be in favour of broad-based tax relief versus little tax credits.
Can you or your officials tell us--this is my specific technical question--the cost of implementing these tax credits, which would not occur with broad-based tax relief?