Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his questions. I will first deal with the elimination of the cap on CAP in the transfers. I would never have eliminated the cap on CAP. I would have done the equalization in a way that these moneys would have been handed directly by department, by members of parliament in this Chamber so that the Government of Canada presence could have been reinvigorated, especially in the remote regions of Canada.
On this notion of writing a single cheque to the premiers, I would not trust half of them. The notion of them distributing this money is not something that appeals to me. We are here to think in terms of the national interest and they do not tend to think that way.
Let us deal with the member's issue on tax reform. I support every member in this House from all sides and all parties in the idea that the biggest challenge we have in this Chamber is comprehensive tax reform. I think the tax act of this country is a scandal. I really believe that. We have 50,000 cases in front of the courts of Canada on tax challenges and 95% of them are with huge corporations that know how to essentially challenge or rig the system. I pray for the day when we can all come together on that.
The third point was the national energy program. I was working in Ottawa in Mr. Trudeau's office at the time. I think the national energy program was like a crafted jewel.