I would like to conclude with two comments. Most of those studies has been funded by society in general, which means that they have been funded also by the middle class and classes at the lowest levels.
On the other hand, I would like to remind you of my first comment. Income tax reductions for the poorest people do not exist. When there is an income tax cut for the lowest income people, all taxpayers benefit from it. One cannot say that taxpayers in the highest classes did not benefit from previous cuts. Each time the minimum level of taxation is raised, all taxpayers get a tax cut, highest incomes included. Here, you're talking about eight cups aimed at the eight-day limited number of taxpayers. To my mind, very few people earn $150,000 or more.
Since I have very little time, I want to ask you another question on another issue where we might be more of a mind. It is on the manufacturing sector. The present difficulties of the manufacturing sector has been mentioned frequently in this committee, especially those caused by the increase in value of the Canadian dollar, the cost of energy, and so on. The Bloc Québecois was a suggesting, in particular, to make the research and development credit refundable and to allow for accelerated depreciation of the machinery and equipment purchases, of investments in businesses. Those are two measures that would cost very little since they consist of deferring taxes in the future but they would provide more cash to companies during this time of crisis.
Do you believe that those two measures could be helpful to the manufacturing sector of British Columbia?