Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to hear the Bloc talk about taxes. I guess they know a lot about it since their buddies, the PQ, created the most highly taxed jurisdiction in North America. I guess they have some experience with high taxes.
What the Bloc fails to remind the House about, and I am a bit surprised, is that the Bloc really does not seem so concerned about the public interest. Their approach is clearly inconsistent. I have said we have 79 different tax treaties around the world. We have tax treaties with Barbados. We also have tax treaties with Luxembourg, but it is interesting to note that in the case of Luxembourg, the sovereignists in fact turned to Luxembourg for inspiration at one time because they felt that it might be something they would like to do if there were an independent Quebec.
Part of their plan was to create a major overhaul of existing tax legislation. It was for the creation of an offshore for companies for non-resources. It was to deal with encouraging the creation of management centres, similar to the coordinated centres operating in Brussels, to strengthen the insurance and underwriting sector, to attract capital investment from corporations associated with major companies. I could go on, but there seems to be some inconsistency here: they do not like Barbados but they seem to be in love with Luxembourg.
I would like the member to try to explain the apparent inconsistency between Barbados and the sovereignists' love for Luxembourg, on which they wanted to model a so-called sovereign Quebec.