Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to say to the Minister of Finance that although there may be no hidden treasure, there certainly is a small part of the Canadian population that has its hand in the till.
For three and a half years we have been asking the Minister of Finance to cut down on all these corporate tax loopholes. But the Minister of Finance keeps repeating the same old story: We are engaged in a process in the course of which we have improved the situation. For two years he has waved those three pages containing a list of the loopholes he closed. I would ask the Minister of Finance to table those pages for the benefit of the House. Let him table them. We would like to see them.
Second, as far as the tax system-