If we draw that into the context of what the committee has assembled on, specifically the study of tax avoidance and tax havens, certainly no one would argue with the fact that Barbados is a low-tax jurisdiction. When we look at the use of low-tax jurisdictions by Canadian corporations, certainly nobody can make the argument that they're using Barbados because there are skills there that aren't in Canada, or that the financial services sector there is providing a service superior to what they could acquire here at home; they're using it so they can get a competitive advantage, so they can be competitive in foreign markets, and I understand that.
I also appreciate your point that the risk to access new markets is high, and it's important that we do access new markets; it's becoming a very global economy.
I want to talk a little bit about the corporate tax rate in Canada Mr. Weir mentioned. I don't think Canada needs to move towards being a tax haven, but I do think that the Government of Canada talked specifically in Advantage Canada about a timeline to reduce the corporate tax rate down to 17%. We have gotten rid of the corporate surtax, and we will have reduced the corporate tax rate to 18.5% by 2011. Where do you see that Canada needs to be with respect to corporate taxes? Largely, the lower tax rates become, the less incentive there is for tax avoidance. We see that in black market economies and in every instance domestically and internationally that high tax rates encourage tax avoidance. Where do you see what I would call the best tax rate for Canada? It may be a moving target, but where do you see it right now?