Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member for Brandon—Souris would like to see this motion votable. He must know that it is a longstanding policy of the Reform Party that we want to see all motions votable. I hope his party would support us in that initiative.
He said he has farmer members in his constituency who do not pay any taxes because their income is not high enough to get them into income tax level. These people must not buy anything because everything they buy contains an enormous tax component. The taxes paid by everybody else get passed down to them through their purchases.
I did some calculations a few years ago and worked it out that 50% of a farmer's input costs were taxes paid by other people. Would the hon. member please explain?