Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. McLeod, I want to really thank you for the question. You got it; you got it. You're talking to witnesses that are all involved in unions. We are giving you our side of it with job losses and all that. That's okay. We can argue savings and all that.
What you just said is what the tax experts in Quebec have said, and I would invite the members of the committee to maybe consult tax experts, reports, articles in Le Devoir that I could provide to you where the conclusion is exactly what you just said. You cannot have a single income tax return right now in Quebec. It's not feasible. It's not possible right now. It's not realistic because there are two income tax acts. That's why there's a problem. I'm not judging. Quebec has its tax act, and Canada has its tax act. There needs to be harmonization. You cannot get around it. I know that you would like that, Mr. Ste-Marie, but I'll be honest with you: It's not possible. If you don't believe me, check with tax experts, and that's the first answer they will give you: that you need to harmonize. That's why I'm saying that the Quebec government will not have a choice other than to lose some of its autonomy to match some of its tax policies with the federal government and the nine other provinces, unless you convince the federal government and the nine other provinces to match some of theirs with the Quebec government—good luck with that.
That's why it's a problem. That's why it's not simple. You cannot do a single income tax return with two tax laws with so many differences. It's as simple as that.