Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to make a brief comment at this time. We have just heard the opening speech on this daylong debate.
I want to make it known to Canadians that during this debate they will hear more than the speculations and the fearmongering that we have just heard. I hope they understand that this is an extremely complex area of tax law.
An open public hearing was made at which time unfortunately no evidence was put forward by the members opposite to prove any of their speculations. So what we have today is a debate on the one side where people are looking to find a problem that they could not find when the hearings transpired. We have a tabled report and what we are doing is open to debate today.
I ask Canadians to listen to members from all sides of this House who will give their opinions. I believe the government, acting responsibly and in a balanced manner, will be able to shed some reality in this discussion.