Mr. Speaker, obviously I have struck a raw nerve with the Liberals.
If the member had listened closely to my speech, he would have heard that I made a clear distinction between money laundering as an illegal activity and terrorist financing, separate and apart from my concern about activities which I consider should be illegal but are not at the present, and that is the flow of money offshore to tax havens so companies do not have to pay taxes.
If the member is so sensitive about this issue, perhaps he will support our efforts and the efforts of the Bloc over the past number of years to have this matter brought before the finance committee of this House and to this chamber. We are talking about the loss of billions of dollars to our public coffers that would go a long way toward meeting the needs of Canadian citizens.
I would suggest that the member participate with us in getting to the bottom of this very serious issue that was not addressed by the Liberals when they were in government and which, in fact, may have been advanced and enhanced by their wishes to keep tax havens in place for the purposes of escaping taxes and moving money offshore.