Mr. Speaker, however off topic the member's question may be, I will answer it because I think it is a good one.
I actually think that underlines more failures of the previous government. The western hemisphere travel initiative is not new. The previous government was asleep at the switch. It did nothing. Our government has increased the ability to process passports by over 20%. We have extended the hours at passport offices right across Canada and we have added new features so that members of Parliament can have direct access to work on problems.
I would like to get back to the issue at hand, which is tax fairness. I know the NDP members support tax fairness. In fact, the finance critic for the NDP has taken a lot of hits from associations like CAITI, an association that is putting a lot of money into the Liberal Party to bring forward motions like this which are absolute nonsense. CAITI and the Liberal Party may not support tax fairness but Canada's new government absolutely does, and I am proud to stand with it.