Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to all my colleagues.
I would like to thank all the witnesses for joining us today, and for their very useful presentations.
Obviously, we don't yet have the text of the bill. There was a second notice of ways and means motion yesterday, which we are currently considering. I look forward to seeing the bill so that we can analyze the soundness of this proposed tax policy.
Currently, millionaires and billionaires have a lower tax rate than the middle class in general. That must be corrected; it's a matter of tax fairness. We fully agree on that principle. However, we have many concerns about small-scale savers in the middle class who could be affected by the measure when they are not the ones being targeted. Let's take the example of a middle-class person who decides, for retirement income, to buy a multiplex and resell it when they retire. That person could be affected by this measure, whereas people in the middle class are not the ones being targeted.
My questions are for Mr. Giroux and Mr. Bernier.
I look forward to seeing your next study, which you presented briefly. I want you to know that I am particularly concerned about people who will declare a gain only on an ad hoc basis, as you said. The Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec, or CORPIQ, tells us that 82% of triplex, quadruplex or quintuplex owners are in Quebec. So we would like special attention to be paid to that. We would also like you to provide, in the breakdown of your data, the cases that involve the sale of a secondary residence or an estate.
First of all, Mr. Giroux and Mr. Bernier, have you had time to look at the new notice of ways and means motion? If so, were there any elements that drew your attention, in terms of the ways and means motion that was passed last June?