I certainly agree with the hon. member that confidentiality in the tax reporting system is valuable, particularly for businesses.
It guards commercial security and information which I think is right. But I still believe it would be quite fair for us as ordinary Canadians-I still consider myself to be one-to know exactly what we need to do in order to earn large amounts and not to have to pay tax on it.
The only group I know of that can really get away with it right now-I hate to repeat this-are members of the MP pension plan. I have made some calculations. The amount one would have to put away in order to provide that is several thousand dollars a month. In all practicality it is a deferred income scheme. It allows MPs to take part of their earnings now and receive them later at which time they would be taxable. That is not available to other Canadians.
The question the Bloc has raised today is an issue based on the same principle. Here is something that is available to one group of Canadians. Why is it not available to another group of Canadians? That is the part that we would like to see clarified.