Mr. Speaker, if only he could do that job he would he a hero but he has not been able to do it.
Anyway, the record is straight. There is not equal treatment across the country.
However the export tax design draft dated February 4, yesterday's date, says “A key feature of the export tax design would be to discourage production during times of low lumber prices. To do this the export tax should increase as prices fall”.
Will the minister confirm that his proposal for a fluctuating tax rate will be determined by a U.S. publication and that Revenue Canada will be collecting this Canadian tax as calculated using the U.S. information?