Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question which is an interesting one. We are dealing with a budget which in all honesty must be seen under current constraints. The government must protect its taxpayers. I understand that. However, there is value in what the member has just said, that there are social costs. Everybody must pay their fair share. What I was trying to address when talking about efficiency and effectiveness deals with the problem he just raised, that is, if everybody paid their fair share we would have no problems putting forth good, solid social programs, health care programs and good day care programs.
What is happening right now is that too many people are getting away with not paying their fair share of taxes. That is causing the rest of the population which is honest and pays its fair share a lot of problems. That is why we have a large deficit.
The underground economy is a problem we should address. The way they get away with not paying any taxes by using all kinds of loopholes must also be looked at seriously and these loopholes must be closed.