I would simply like to clarify something because, Mr. Komarnicki, you opened a door earlier that I would like to close. We are not against tax measures—quite the opposite; we are against the fact that certain tax measures, such as non-refundable tax credits, or some other tax expenditures, do not apply to everyone. Everyone is not able to benefit from them. However, as regards the Canadian Child Tax Benefit, I certainly have no desire to see that program disappear. It is a program that is open to all women and all families, based on income. So, everyone is entitled to it. Our comment really had to do with non-refundable tax credits that target certain categories of people and exclude others. That is the clarification I wanted to make. In our opinion, the tax system is an ideal instrument that governments should be using to progressively redistribute wealth based on individual income. I just wanted that to be clear.
On May 13th, 2009. See this statement in context.