Mr. Speaker, I have only been around this place for a little over four years but I really do believe the old saying that if one stays around here long enough, one will hear just about everything.
Today we are hearing about a tax on technology. I cannot believe we are actually talking about instituting a special tax on technology, the same kind of technology that would drive Canadian innovation and productivity.
Let us work with the number the member just gave. This tax would apply to PVRs, smart phones, iPods and every form of digital media with a memory. That is what the motion says. She mentioned perhaps a $25 tax on a 30 gig iPod. Home computers often come with memories exceeding one terabyte now. A terabyte would be about 33 times as much memory as a 30 gig iPod. One could assume that the tax would therefore be fairly attributed to be 33 times $25.
I am just wondering if the member would also support a tax on a home computer in excess of $800, because that is in fact what she is advocating.