Madam Speaker, I listened to my colleague's speech and he made some rather strong statements on the tax system in place regarding the oil and gas industry. I want to clarify a couple of points. I think I know the answer but I want to get the member on record.
Does the member support or oppose the finance minister's proposal to reduce the resource tax to equalize it to other corporate taxes? Does he support or oppose the oil sands tax regime that was put together in large part by the current Minister of Health?
At the industry committee we are studying the implementation of the Kyoto accord. While we are on opposite sides of the accord, I think we can agree that there needs to be some sort of an implementation plan. We do not sign something without having a plan.
A member of the Sierra Club said quite explicitly that if the federal government had been serious about Kyoto it would have been more detailed and explicit in this federal budget about how it was going achieve Kyoto and what specific credits it would give to homeowners for whatever. It is very disappointing to see this large fund which is just an open-ended fund. Does he think the finance minister should have been more specific as the Sierra Club advised?