Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary talked about the fact that they are going to take time to look at these issues. I note, though, that the Minister of Finance, when he was asked here over a year ago about progress, basically stonewalled the House. Maybe the parliamentary secretary could tell us what kind of progress is being made, especially on the dividend scheme, which essentially meant that in the year 2000 there was $1.5 billion of money returned to Canada from corporations that was subject to no Canadian tax at all on dividends with the scheme that has been developed.
If there is a review, why is it taking so long before we get some action on it? He will note that two auditors general have asked serious questions about this. The Minister of Finance said he is going to consider it, but several years later there is still no action.