Mr. Speaker, I would challenge the member for Vaughan—Woodbridge, who may or may not be in the House, to stand in his place after I am done, to justify why this bill is not coming back for third reading.
Let me read the motion from the member for Vaughan—Woodbridge, written on a piece of paper that had PMO written right across it:
WHEREAS the Committee is generally supportive of the intent of Bill C-240 there are questions that arise: which Canadians would receive the benefit of the measures, as the tax credit is non-refundable and this can only be claimed if you have income;
We could probably get some witnesses before the standing committee that could answer that question.
the cost to federal, provincial and territorial governments to administer the proposed changes to the Income Tax Act;
We could probably get some answers to that question as well.
the extent to which federal, provincial and territorial tax revenues would be affected by the proposed measure;
I will not read the entire motion because it is before the House. The motion from the member for Vaughan—Woodbridge then said:
Therefore, in light of the above noted details of the proposal in Bill C-240, be it resolved that this Committee...recommends that the House of Commons do not proceed further with Bill C-240.