Mr. Speaker, because the debate pertains to budget implementation, I have two questions. The first question is for the secretary of state and it concerns the $7.2 billion designated for actual security in this country. How long will it be before that security spending is in place? Most of the promises we have heard in the budget are simply to do something at some time in the future.
My second question concerns the capital gains deferral promised in the last budget for private woodlot owners. The regulatory regime to go along with that is not in place yet. Who will actually benefit from this new capital gains deferral and by that I mean who will be described as a private woodlot owner? Who will intergenerational apply to and what will be the definition of sustainable woodlot?
What we do not want to see in the budget is a repeat of the last budget where we saw volunteer firefighters get a $500 tax deduction that did not apply to them.