Mr. Speaker, the member raises a lot of accusations as to our former government, but he cannot even find in his bag of tricks over 13 years anything equivalent to $17 billion of untendered contracts given out within the week that we have seen by this government.
Our party supports tax fairness. We do not want to see people abuse offshore havens. If there are loopholes that need to be closed, we should close them.
What we do not agree with is tax stupidity. We do not agree with the minister standing in the House and trying to get on the news one day by putting forward an unplanned, unadvised, ill-advised little 20 second blurb that scared the whole corporate world.
People in my riding work hard at places like I.M.P. and Michelin North America. If they do not work in large industries like that, or Michelin Tires, they have pension plans invested in Canada's corporate sector and they need that corporate sector to have a level playing field. They need job growth in Canada, so that the Government of Canada can get revenues from corporations and from individuals to provide the necessary programs.
We cannot tilt the playing field away from our companies and expect that they are going to compete in the global environment in this very difficult business world. They were doing it well during our term as Liberal government.