Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to the hon. member from the opposition and I am still trying to figure out exactly what he is talking about. Today he has certainly presented perhaps the weakest case that he has ever presented in the House of Commons.
The auditor general raised important policy questions in an area that Parliament had not really reviewed in over 25 years which related to this issue. The committee as I understand it in turn produced a report and submitted thoughtful recommendations which the government is reviewing carefully.
I want this to be very clear for those Canadians who are watching the House of Commons proceedings. There is no evidence of large scale capital flight that is depriving this government of tax revenue owed to it. Canada already has tough tax rules for people who leave the country and these tax rules are much stricter than the ones in almost every other country including the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. They certainly are tougher than the ones in Japan.
Does the hon. member think that by repeating the words "family trust" and "scandal" that somehow he is going to score political points? Canadians are intelligent and clearly they will find that what the hon. member is simply advocating is cheap politics.