Okay, we'll just say we'll give a ballpark number there.
As a member of Parliament, my biggest privilege is representing my constituents and answering their concerns. Then it's doing the work here in Ottawa and sitting here on the Standing Committee on Finance.
I offer this question up to all three of you, or whichever of you cares to answer. What advice would you give to us as MPs in terms of what is an effective tax credit or tax expenditure and what is not? What are some guidelines about how we should look at tax expenditures, and not necessarily even the one we're considering today per se? What is a good one and what is a bad one? Perhaps the RSP tax deduction is a good one, as it encourages savings for people so they can prepare for retirement, and maybe others are not as effective. What is an effective tax credit or tax expenditure and what is not?