Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's question is very pertinent.
Brad Severin, who is an eminent Alberta tax accountant, has in fact confirmed the unfairness of the Alberta plan. He has said, for example, that in the year 2001 the taxpayer earning $65,000 a year will pay $170 more in taxes under Alberta's plan than under ours. As Mr. Severin says, it only gets worse as time goes by. By the year 2004 they will pay $440 more.
The question is: Why does—