Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member of the Bloc Quebecois for his comment.
I believe that this is what the committee is for, to discuss a number of different propositions. Certainly accelerating the implementation of the statutory rate of reduction and the capital tax elimination are some of the ideas that I have heard coming from the mining industry. However, we need to hear a whole range of different views. At the end of the day, the committee should have the wherewithal to deal with it in a constructive way.
I know the member opposite talks about keeping the resource allowance. It might be difficult to convince the government not to move away from the elimination of that, but it should be on the table. It should be discussed. The government is committed to moving from 28% to 21%. It is committed to maintaining a competitive mining industry in Canada, so within that there is probably room to manoeuvre and discuss these important questions.