Mr. Speaker, it is not possible to avoid double taxation with Barbados since the rate of taxation there is zero, by the way.
While the Minister of Finance merrily helps himself to the money in the EI fund, while the government is depriving seniors of $3.2 billion, this same minister is encouraging people to avail themselves of the tax convention with Barbados, which is a boon to eight of the eleven subsidiaries of his own shipping company.
My question for the Prime Minister is this: Is this not a real conflict of interest?