Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his election.
On the general question, the majority of British Columbians did not vote for the Conservative government and in my riding they did not vote for this agenda.
On the member's very specific question, I would very much like to stand in the House and support a tax credit for volunteer firefighters, but in my riding that needs to be a refundable tax credit, which this credit is not.
During the election campaign I met with Chelsea Kuzman, the volunteer fire chief in Port Renfrew in my riding. She is not only one of the few women volunteer fire chiefs, she is also the youngest volunteer fire chief in the country, at the age of 21.
This is a community where employment is largely seasonal and if people can get work, sometimes it is only part-time for part of the year.
I would only be supporting these kinds of tax credits if those volunteer firefighters in Port Renfrew could access those tax credits by making them refundable.