Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Last fall, I wrote to the Minister of Finance to propose that a measure equivalent to this bill be included in the budget. He replied in the negative. Allow me to read a part of his written reply:
An additional incentive to be added to the tax exemption of $1,000 raises problems in terms of fairness. In fact, it would be difficult to justify a supplementary tax incentive to emergency service volunteers when there are so many volunteers who provide precious services to Canadians, and who do not draw any benefits under the Income Tax Act.
I would like to know your thoughts on this remark.