Mr. Speaker, I would like to pose two questions to the hon. member who has just spoken in response to the member for St. Paul's.
The first question is with regard to tax increases. The hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot indicated that the Bloc as a party did not want tax increases. Then he went on to say that maybe there are some places where new taxes can be applied.
Is the Bloc Quebecois saying there should be no net tax increases of any kind and that if there is a redistribution because of a change in tax policy, that if there is an increase in revenue in one area, it should be redistributed to other Canadians by way of a tax reduction? Is that the position of the Bloc Quebecois, no tax increases?
I say that in light of some of the other comments and the other observations that I have made in this assembly. When we look at the cafeteria of social programs, unemployment insurance, post-secondary education, old age assistance and also the tax credit with regard to those people over 65, the Bloc did not want to allow or make the change that was recommended in the 1994-95 budget.
If we maintain all of those programs at their current level, how are we going to deal with the deficit and possibly maintain the tax policy that the hon. member recommended to the House?
I would like the hon. member to comment on that first of all. Is his party in favour of no tax increases on a net basis?
Second, with regard to family trusts, I am a member of the finance committee and I have been waiting for some type of a presentation which indicates that there is a major error in family trusts. Is the hon. member asking the finance committee or the government to pass legislation or some mechanism by which it is able to deal with people's private income and private bank accounts to derive what is the composition of a family trust?