Mr. Speaker, when we took office, having opposed the previous government and the way it was treating family trusts, we found that the information we were being provided was inadequate.
As a result of that and because we really wanted this to be a public debate we referred it to the finance committee in order that Canadians have an opportunity to have that debate.
I would also remind the Leader of the Opposition that in 1987 he was a member of the previous cabinet. In 1987 the previous government was going to do something about it and that is when it began to react to lobbyists, when he was a member of that cabinet.