I thought you might say as much. That is in keeping with what Ms. Pohlmann indicated in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business's submission. It states that, "[a]ny lost tax revenues for the federal government in the short term will be severely outweighed in the longer term by the benefits of small business' contributions to the economy through job creation and the growth of small businesses. . . ."
Given that reducing the tax rate and reducing—or eliminating—patent-related taxes represent a fairly sizeable loss of revenue, I have a really hard time believing that economic growth would offset that loss. Our current tax rates are fairly low for an OECD country, and that is especially true when you compare them with those in the U.S.
Unless we're on the wrong side of the Laffer curve, I don't see it being enough to compensate for the loss of revenue, especially since we'll need that revenue to invest in infrastructure and other expenditures and investments that will be needed by businesses.
Could you comment on that?