Congratulations, Mr. Ste-Marie, on the passage of your bill at second reading.
I agree with you, it's a good idea.
We proposed more or less the same thing in the last Parliament. I know you supported the Conservative motion that we made then. It was a good idea then, and a good idea now, to get Quebeckers onto only a single tax return. I don't think anybody would want any Canadian to have to duplicate that process each year.
Your bill, though, is very specific to Quebec. What would you say or comment to other provinces that might wish to be the tax collector for their province? This is an idea that has been discussed in other provinces. The fair deal panel in Alberta examined the issue. I understand that this issue is, of course, much more urgent to people in Quebec, who already have to file two returns. I'm quite certain that nobody in Alberta would want to file two returns. Would you support any other province that might prefer that?
Alberta, for example, has its own tax collection department as well, but only for corporate income tax, not for personal. In Alberta, corporate filers, including small business operators, have to file two tax returns, and there are thousands of them in Alberta that do and probably would prefer to file only one.
Do you have any comment on how your bill or a similar one might apply to other provinces?