Madam Speaker, I, too, want to congratulate the member for Trois-Rivières for his excellent speech that showed the human side of this issue. The member showed us to what extent the pursuit of wealth can create an incredible imbalance in the world. He himself has worked closely with African countries. When he talks about this, he does it with conviction and great knowledge.
He also showed us how people in this country are treated unfairly. He mentioned the amounts of money that have been taken from the poorest in our society, and I am thinking of course about the elderly. There is always hope for those who are poor and young, but hope fades fast for those who are poor, old and sick.
We have a finance minister who, for the last five years, has deprived the poorest seniors of the guaranteed income supplement. I would like my colleague to elaborate on that. He probably knows that 270,000 Canadians, including 68,000 Quebeckers, among the poorest and the neediest, have been deprived of essential benefits from the guaranteed income supplement while other people have deprived the government of essential revenues through the use of tax havens. I would like my colleague from Trois-Rivières to elaborate on that.