Mr. Speaker, we have the most generous R and D credits of any industrial country and they are working very well.
At the same time, we have outlined the approach we intend to take to tax reduction. We intend to make personal income tax reduction the priority. We intend to make families with children a priority within that. We also made it very clear that the government intends to move on business taxes to make sure that we have as competitive an area as possible when we have the room to manoeuvre to do so.
We understand full well the necessity of improving R and D. The issue really is why does the Reform Party not understand. Why has it opposed every single measure the government has brought forth in that area?