Mr. Speaker, I listened very attentively to what the hon. member has just had to say, and I find it totally logical and rational.
My congratulations to the hon. member for Calgary Southeast, who introduced this motion, for we can never do too much to honour those who stay at home to rear their children, whether fathers or mothers. I would describe child-rearing as the finest job in the world, in fact I would call it more than a job, it is the greatest profession in the world.
I think it is too bad that the father or mother—for it could very well be a father—who decided to stay at home is penalized for so doing. I would even go so far as to say that stay at home parents ought to have a guaranteed income.
I therefore ask my colleague from the Reform Party whether he thinks they ought to be guaranteed an income of $14,000 per year?