Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the hon. gentleman would make a comparison between the provinces or within our country when, because of the wish of government to help its own people, we create mechanisms to try to lessen the tax burden where possible, all of which benefits the people of our country, fully realizing, however, that it is through taxes we collect the money to do what has to be done in our country.
I have no problems with that. However, the other side of that is for residents of our country, because they are big business operators or international operators, to find and seek out ways of avoiding paying taxes to their own country, which in turn would benefit the country. This, I presume, is what the member is talking about trying to close down.
I would like the member to compare the honest efforts of provincial governments to help their people versus the deceiving methods of certain characters to avoid paying taxes in the country in which they live and should be contributing to.