I also point out that there are inconsistencies here. I will compliment the member for being consistent. However I will criticize his party for being inconsistent.
The rest of the items on the bill I have covered. We do support it. I did have some time to talk about it, and I did feel it was important that as the representative for our party on the bill and as a supporter of the bill for our party I should set some of the record straight. I have to sort of pre-empt the member for Gander-Grand Falls, because I am sure he is going to say a few other words.
The intent of the bill and what it does accomplish is what the future of the country holds. We have to negotiate with other countries. We have to be creating a level playing field. We have to have taxation levels that are similar. We have to have reciprocity agreements that make the deals both ways. As the flow of capital and human resources goes back and forth, all around the world, as we push buttons on a computer and transfer large sums of money, just as an entry item on a ledger sheet, we have to be able to be competitive. First and foremost, that is what Bill S-9 does, it keeps us competitive. It is only the small minded, the narrow minded people in the House who want to protect themselves who would argue that this is not a fair and good reciprocity agreement.
There is nothing for me to add to this. I know there was a lot of confusion. I hope I have cleared up some of that confusion, why our party supports it. I hope I have addressed those constituents of the member for Kamloops. Also I hope I have put to rest this business about picking on the rich all the time, because the rich do pay their fair share. I do not believe this is a bill that satisfies the rich, because I believe people who make between $50,000 and $100,000 and own property down in the States are not really wealthy in this day and age, to make $60,000 or $70,000. In that case, with $64,000, plus the perks we get, everybody in this place would be rich. I would say that a lot of people in the House would not say they are rich.
That is another debate. That is another issue. I bring it up only because of the confusion introduced into the bill by the member for Kamloops and by the member for Gander-Grand Falls. It is worthy of support. The sooner we get it over with, the sooner we can get back to real issues and real bills and get on with our economic lives.