Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his very long question.
I would like to mention, first of all, that he said he agreed with me on the smuggling issue; I hope he agrees with me on the other points of my speech, particularly as regards tax breaks.
The member said we should consider another very special measure, that is to keep a record of overpayments or overcontributions to RRSPs. As you know, it is for such reasons we have, for a long time, requested the creation of parliamentary committees who would study public expenditures, including tax expenditures. It would be a pleasure to hear such comments through these committees and to participate in the proceedings.
The last point in the member's question dealt with GST. Naturally, we will be happy to proceed diligently, provided, and I want to stress this point, provided we work towards replacing this tax with one that will be more efficient, that will respect this and that will not be, contrary to what we heard during the campaign, a hidden tax which could be much higher.
I ask the member, in that context, to convince his prime minister not to implement a hidden tax, but a visible one so that people can trust our tax system; if that is the case, the opposition will be happy to co-operate.