Madam Speaker, I was a farmer. It was a non-profit business but it did not start out that way. I have great sympathy for farmers in western Canada and what they are going through. I am not an accountant, but if I were an accountant at tax time, it would seem to me that the taxes farmers pay are input costs that are deductible.
In the House of Commons on March 27th, 2000. See this statement in context.