Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Blackstrap for a very good speech and her very interesting views on this issue. I have heard a number of speakers today express very sincere interest in this issue.
I would ask the hon. member to consider what I see as a glaring contrast within the government's taxation policy. I have been pointing out over and over again to the government and to members on this side as well that I find it outrageous that a business can deduct fines and penalties from their income tax as a legitimate business expense and the government does not seem to take any steps to recoup this revenue. Yet it finds unlimited resources to launch a nationwide campaign of harassment on disabled people, as if the disabled community is full of fraud artists or something scamming the government for this paltry $960 per year.
Does the hon. member see, as I do, what a glaring contradiction and contrast this is and what a warped sense of priority this is in terms of taxation policy?