Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the member opposite to expand on one aspect that is very important and of which Canadians should be much more aware. By and large Canada is a branch plant operation of the United States. The vast majority of the industries in Canada are branch plant operations of the United States. The real profit is derived by American corporations in transfer pricing where the American parent charges the American marketing arm a price and the Canadian marketing arm a substantially higher price. Therefore, there are very few profits relative to the amount of business activity generated in Canada, thus very limited corporate profit taxes paid in Canada.
Given the fact we know this to be the case, why are there just 12 auditors involved in this, as evidenced by his speaking notes? The member opposite thinks we should be doing something. We are stuck with this legislation as it is a treaty that we have already signed. It is going through. Should we not put more emphasis into that part of the audit?