Mr. Speaker, first of all, on the subject of experts, I would like to reassure my hon. colleague from Etobicoke North by telling him that, if ever the government stops covering things up, as it just managed to do in the finance committee and is trying to do in the public accounts committee, if the government will take its responsibility and accept to shed light on the matter, you will see that experts can be found, perhaps mainly in Quebec but also in Canada, whose hands are not tied. They are not legion,
but they are distinguished. The Bloc had identified a few; we found some and I am told that they will testify.
But we must realize, and I have on good authority, that the auditor general is having huge problems with high finance officials, high finance advisors, because these people are not at all pleased with the auditor general passing this kind of judgment on their work, which goes against public opinion.
Perhaps my hon. colleague from Etobicoke North should bear in mind that the auditor general is having a very hard time because free-thinking advisors are hard to find. They are all related parties because this is their livelihood.
As for the Quebec fact, I hope that my hon. colleague simply misheard. When we talk about the Canadian tax system, about the flight of $2 billion from Canada, about $400 or $500 million in uncollected taxes, I do not think that we are talking only for Quebec. I think that we are doing our job as the Canadian official opposition, representing the interests of small taxpayers and middle-class taxpayers, who are being bled dry and are paying for those who should be paying more.