Now, in the international investment and tax deductibility field, we have companies in Canada that are producing in Canada, have manufacturing headquarters in Canada, that need raw material, like bauxite, for example, who could buy out the foreign company, make it a subsidiary for supply, or could open up a mining activity or something, create a company to do that in another country, borrow money in the domestic market or international, and that would be deductible, and that would be quite appropriate. That wouldn't be avoiding or tax sheltering. But it becomes questionable with the new proposition as per budget day. We don't know where the minister is now, but as per budget day, that might not be allowable.
Then you have companies that would be using offshore tax havens purely for purposes of hiding income, or avoiding taxes that would otherwise be taxable.
According to your analysis to give advice to the minister prior to making his decision, what is the current loss through those types of abusive practices, and what would be the foreseen loss from the hollowing out of our corporate community because of the proper investments that could be made, that would force them to have their headquarters moved offshore, to be able to compete with the international economic community?