Mr. Speaker, I commend the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Island for his eloquent remarks.
During his remarks he addressed the question of tax fairness for stay-at-home families, families that choose to stay at home.
During my election campaign in Calgary Southeast I debated a Liberal candidate from Calgary West, Alderman David Bronconnier, who said that by wanting to eliminate the tax disparities that exist in the tax system for stay-at-home families, namely by wanting to eliminate the child care tax deduction and replace it with a refundable credit available to all parents, including those who stay at home, Reformers wanted to put women barefoot and pregnant back in the kitchen. I wonder if the hon. member could comment.
Does he believe that women and men who choose to stay home and care for their children, who give up the second income, who make the financial sacrifices and who get no tax recognition of that effort, does he believe that they are barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen? Does he dismiss their effort in that kind of arrogant way or does he believe that they should be treated fairly by our tax code?