Mr. Speaker, I listened as the member for Elk Island described in his story the length of time it took him to get his tax holiday. As he talked some of the reasons suddenly began to emerge. I saw the scenario wherein he had big parties and invited people over and they had tons of shrimp and then ran around his house using six or seven phones to make phone calls. I am sure that the average Canadian gets his or her tax holiday much sooner than the member for Elk Island.
He talked about positioning for elections. He also talked about the single rate tax, not the flat rate tax, and of course we know that leading up to the election the member's party went from 17% to 17% and 25% because of concerns the party had.
I was in British Columbia not too long ago. A lot of good parts of B.C. are Alliance territory. A lot of people told me that the single rate tax would be great because they could take their incomes and multiply by 17% or 25%. However, the member today and at other times in the House has really affirmed the fact that they would still have all the deductions, such as medical expenses over a certain amount, the charitable donations, RRSPs, et cetera. I suspect we would still have a big Income Tax Act. I wonder if the member could talk about how we would reduce complexity under the 17% and 25% scenario he described earlier.