Mr. Speaker, in my experience for every complex problem there is a simple solution and it is wrong. The Reform flat tax proposal is such a matter.
I would like the hon. member to tell Canadians that if this were introduced and if people at the low end of the tax regime were dropped off and the highest income earners who are presently taxed at high rates came down to lower rates, then exactly who would pay for the lost revenues from the low and high groups? Would the hon. member not admit that it would be middle income Canadians?