Mr. Speaker, I thank the members who took part in this debate.
Even those who did not support the idea, I felt, considered a debate on tax incentives needed to get people to work relevant.
The forestry workers we are talking about here have to go elsewhere to work, are forced to sleep elsewhere and need their vehicles for their work. So they are not using them on a whim. They need them to get to work.
The government already partially acknowledges this, because there is a partial deduction for it. The problem is that the present deduction is inadequate, because it does not take into account the relevance of using this type of vehicle for these purposes. In a little square box, in a department somewhere, they defined this vehicle as being used for tourism or personal uses, and this is not the case. This point needs to be changed.
I invite all members who said something special could not be created for a given sector to debate my bill so that we may look at similar situations and examine this issue in committee. I invite them as well to not close their eyes to the facts. Under the existing tax system, all sorts of specific deductions are permitted for all sorts of people. We are among these people who have a significant sum that is tax exempt so we can do our job.
Some people get tax deductions to pay for season tickets to the hockey games in big cities like Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver, and people in my region cannot benefit in any way from such deductions. It is absolutely impossible to obtain a season ticket and to benefit from it.
We have to weigh things carefully. The system is not balanced in that regard. In this case, I think we have what is needed to reach a practical solution.
I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to make this bill a votable item and for us to vote on it after the vote on Motion M-160, which is the next item and for which division will be deferred. I ask for the unanimous consent of the House for my bill to be declared a votable item so that members can take a stand and so that we can examine it in committee and amend it, if necessary, to do justice to forestry workers, not only those in my region and in Quebec, but forestry workers all over Canada who need their vehicle for their work.