Madam Speaker, somehow I do not like the term brain drain. It somehow indicates that all the smarts have gone some place else. Looking around at all of us here, I do not believe that is true.
I would like to direct a question to the member who has just spoken. I would rather call it an intellectual exodus. Does the member remember the greatest exodus outside the depression in Saskatchewan? The greatest exodus that ever hit Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta was when a Liberal government instituted the national energy policy.
We are talking about an exodus. That kind of taxation brings about an exodus. Would the member not agree that the exodus we are talking about is brought about by high taxation?