Madam Speaker, the member for Peace River raises a good point. Some recent studies that I have read basically showed that taxpayers, rightly or wrongly, reach a level of taxation where they intuitively say that they will not pay more.
However I think there is a certain fallacy to that logic. It is akin to the idea that the laws are too tough in Canada. People have to abide by the rules and the laws of the land.
However the member raises an interesting point. We should be mindful of the tax burden that we have on Canadians. At the corporate level we have moved quite aggressively to the right level. I would be surprised if were promoting a lot of tax evasion on the corporate end, although, with creative corporate accountants and tax advisers, I am sure some of that will go on.
However, on a personal level, we still have some work to do. My own sort of anecdotal evidence would suggest that there are more individuals than there should be moving income offshore and we need to deal with that in a couple of different ways.