Mr. Speaker, I listened to the remarks of the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca. I thought they were insightful. I especially agreed with his notion of comprehensive tax reform. There was not a sentence in the part of his speech that dealt with comprehensive tax reform with which I did not agree.
We should understand and the people of Canada should understand how the system works in terms of moving a government to change its ways. All members have been here for almost two years. In the fall as we led up to the budget preparation period we did not have one opposition day with any tight focus on comprehensive tax reform.
My remarks are intended to be constructive. I was hopeful, when a number of additional members from the Reform Party came here during the last term knowing that they had a huge commitment to comprehensive tax reform, that would be one of the centrepieces of their strategy in trying to mobilize debate and the will to take on the huge problem of changing our cumbersome tax act, which is inefficient and does not work any longer.
It is important to suggest to members in opposition that it is not enough for one, two, three or four members to speak to comprehensive tax reform as the member did. As I say I agree with every sentence in that regard, but we have to mobilize at least 100 or 140 members in here.