On the issue of the tax credit, I would be remiss if I did not mention how much I'm sure officials in the Department of Finance would love to come and talk about tax policy. It's a purview that they understandably claim a fair degree of monopolistic oversight on, and they do not welcome comments from line departments in how they structure tax policy, because it has to be looked at as a whole.
On April 10th, 2008. See this statement in context.