Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my friend's comments. We think the finance committee report is a modest start toward tax relief. My friend does not have to convince me of the need for tax relief. Reformers have championed the idea for many years. We have been standing alone for tax relief for several years.
My friend does not have to convince us, but he certainly has to convince his friends in the Liberal Party that they need to get onboard and advocate tax relief. If he did that, they would not retain that commitment to the 50:50 spending promise, which can only mean billions upon billions of dollars in new spending, which is completely at odds with what he himself advocates in the form of tax relief.