Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan for introducing the concept of intergenerational mobility into this debate, and I would agree that that is a very important measure of equality of opportunity. Certainly we would not aspire to have a country in which someone could become prime minister largely on the strength of their father having been prime minister.
One of the threats to intergenerational mobility is inheritance. A concern that I would express about tax-free savings accounts is that they could aggravate the amount of wealth that is conferred based on heredity. Not only will people be able to accumulate wealth over the years, but the Conservatives would like them to accumulate much more wealth tax-free.
I wonder if the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan shares this concern about intergenerational inequity being aggravated by tax-free savings accounts.