Madam Speaker, I too want to extend my congratulations to the member on his important appointment. He is a popular member in the House. I know that he will do a very good job and will always respect this place and certainly his constituents.
There is one issue that has been raised by a number of my constituents. It was addressed by the Prime Minister in his speech and the member also addressed it somewhat in his own speech. It has to do with shifting the cost of our political system from corporations to all taxpayers through our general tax system. It is a question we have to answer clearly and concisely. I know the Prime Minister said that to the extent that corporations are not going to be making these contributions, they have an opportunity to send them to charities or to put it to other community good. They have some options here, but it also makes sure that there is some equity.
I would like to give the member an opportunity to address the very fundamental question about rationalizing the shifting of the burden from corporations to taxpayers as a whole and although that is a shift of who pays the toll as it were, how that relates to the objective the bill is trying to achieve.