Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question.
I did not mean to imply that I was seeking special tax preference for exporting companies. I was just cautioning that if we put the total tax burden on Canadian companies, particularly exporters, at higher levels than that of the companies in countries we are competing with, we end up driving them out of business.
Our major recommendation in the materials we wish to table with respect to reducing special treatment for companies is mainly in reducing the use of tax concessions as a regional development tool. That is the argument we have used all along.
Before I sit down, may I formally table these documents? I ask permission to do so.