At the time this bill was first proposed, by Mr. Bouchard who was then the sponsor, figures were presented showing that the cost associated with the bill would be $180 million for Canada. That calculation was based on what the tax credit had cost the Quebec Treasury. Subsequently, Conservative MPs tabled an estimate showing that the cost would be $600 million. As a result, we asked the Parliamentary Budget Officer to give us his opinion on these two estimates. There was a significant gap of $400 million between the two. The answer, even though it was not entirely clear, was that the cost of the measure would be about $180 million and possibly a little less. It could also be $600 million, but that depended on how the regions were defined.
In your opinion, does this bill propose a more restrictive definition, for a cost of $180 million, or a definition that is more likely to cost $600 million?