Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Those statements are very interesting. Let me begin by correcting them. Nowhere does this say that we are no longer interested or are hiding behind anything. In fact, this is a prudent use of our time. This committee has a number of issues that we will be setting.
The government is listening to the exact recommendations this committee made during the CRA study, as well as the pre-budget consultations, where we heard testimony from witnesses who said that the tax system is too complicated and needs to be reviewed.
The suggestion is that this somehow is a reaction to the hyperbole that the opposition has been stating in the House, where we clearly said that taxing dental and health benefits was not in our mandate. The Conservatives can't seem to get over that fact—because they don't have much to talk about these days, I guess.
Instead of doing the work, we are saying let's be prudent with our time, let's wait to see the report that comes out or the details on what the department is looking at, and then this committee, as we do with legislation, will study it, call in witnesses, and make recommendations.
The only ones hiding here seem to be the opposition, because I think they might be out of things to talk about.