Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to address the member from British Columbia.
This budget missed the boat in an essential area. The government does not listen very often to anybody from any other political party. But I would like it to listen to independent reviews that are taking place right now on Canada's productivity.
What are these reviews saying? This budget fails because it fails to address the central issue of Canada's failing productivity. Why is Canada's productivity failing? Our tax structure is too high and companies do not have the ability to invest in themselves. We cannot compete with our brothers and sisters to the south because our tax structure is too high.
Will the member bring to the attention of the finance minister the fact that the government's budget failed because it did not adjust the egregious tax structure we have in Canada that is choking off the private sector—