Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Overall, we find the proposal interesting. However, I would like to move an amendment that would add five points to the list that follows “notamment”, which corresponds to the phrase “but not limited to” in the English version.
The additional points are as follows: tax credits for research and development; tax measures designed to assist resource areas; replacing federal cash transfers to the provinces with an equivalent transfer of tax fields; the impact on the provinces' fiscal capacity of reforming equalization to include 100% of the taxes from natural resources, and tax mechanisms designed to counteract the disparity in growth between east and west.
If Mr. Dykstra's motion goes forward, I am going to move an amendment that these five points be added. Then we can see how the committee wants to deal with them.