Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Calgary East for the question. It raises another question. Why does the finance minister not recognize particularly middle income Canadians and the terrible tax burden they are under? If he is going to give tax relief on the stock options to the high tech people, why is he singling them out for special favouritism? Why is he doing that? If he believes in tax relief, why does he not reflect it with a policy and program that is going to give broad based tax relief to working Canadians, particularly those in the middle class?
It is shameful that the finance minister would consider a proposal like that.