Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to present a petition pursuant to Standing Order 36. The petitioners point out that other countries use their taxes in a very creative way. Ireland requires no income tax from artists in an effort to promote the artistic community in that country. In Taiwan teachers pay no income tax. Again this indicates the importance placed on teachers and young children.
They suggest that Canada should undertake changes to its tax system in order to encourage certain sectors. They point out the small business sector and those people who have launched self-conducting businesses, people running businesses on their own, home based businesses and that sort of thing.
I support the point they are making here, that tax reform is highly overdue.