Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask a brief question. I realize that the hon. member was not here during the last Parliament or the previous ones.
I agree with him when he says that it is not possible to study all the elements of such a large and complex bill and vote on it with full knowledge.
We have already said that we would vote in favour of this bill, but the underlying problem is that we waited 10 or 12 years for all the technical elements to be put together as a law.
First, can the hon. member confirm that his party wants to have regular updates of the various technical elements of the Income Tax Act and other taxation acts put together as a law?
If so, I would like to know why his party, which was in government prior to 2006, did nothing during the last four, five or six years of its mandate?
I see that as a problem because, while the Conservatives have not done anything about this and have let things get worse, the Liberal government that preceded them did not do anything either during the five or six years it was in power.