Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that question from the hon. member.
I want to point out to him that about 60% of my property taxes are education taxes. Part of that comes from the federal government in transfer payments so it does affect me on my property taxes.
Look at the farm input costs on fuel. The tax on that is almost prohibitive not just to the farmers but to the railways and truckers for delivering the product. That is where we can reduce the taxes.
If we were to take away all the hidden taxes I would bet there would not be 10% of the costs. On a combine that costs $130,000 I am told there is only $13,000 of physical property costs in that. The rest is all taxes and labour. We are paying a lot of tax and we are not getting anything in return for it.