Madam Speaker, I will talk first about the family trusts issue. The government announced in the budget that this issue would be referrred to the finance committee but, at the present time, the committee is very busy with the GST issue, the budget issue, Bill C-17 and other bills. I think that, in the fall, the committee will start examining the family trusts issue. But at this time, it is too busy with the other bills.
The second issue is very important for all the nation, because research matters and tax matters in the research field are very difficult to settle. Within the government, the Departments of Industry and Finance are currently examining our research policy directions. I hope to see changes before the next budget and also, I say to the hon. member that it is possible that changes will be made to the family trusts issue if the finance committee thinks that might be a major problem for the next budgets.