I thank the member for her question. The short answer to her general question is yes we believe in greater equity in the tax system and if the member would examine the middle part of the presentation which I discussed she will see that we are calling for a reduction of $4 billion to $5 billion in federal transfers to the private sector through subsidies and through tax concessions.
The only cautionary words that I would add to my answer to the member is that we do have to be conscious, because we are an exporting country, that if our total tax burden on our businesses exceeds that of their competitors then we simply drive them out of business, create higher unemployment and kill jobs.
The greatest illustration of this at the current time is in the province of Ontario if you stand at the border and interview these companies that are leaving southern Ontario for the United States, even for up state New York which used to be one of the highest cost areas of doing business in the world, and ask them why they are leaving they give you a very short answer. They show you their tax position in southern Ontario, they show you their tax position in up state New York and then they ask how they can continue to do business under those conditions.
My answer to the general question of the member is yes but with a cautionary note about driving business out by excessive taxation levels.