Madam Speaker, there was a lot in there. The member wants to harness the wealth of the resource sector, yet the Green Party wants to shut down Canada's hydrocarbons. The member wants to go after offshore savings. Of course, Canadians send money offshore when taxes at home are too high, but his solution is higher taxes.
Let me give the member some numbers from Dr. Mark Milke. People who earn up to $50,000 represent 68% of the tax filers in this country and pay 21% of all personal income tax revenues. People who represent $50,000 to $100,000 represent 23% of tax filers, and they pay 35% of all tax revenues. People who earn $100,000 to $150,000 represent 5.8% of filers and account for 18% of tax revenue. For people who earn $150,000 to $200,000, we are down to 2.1% of filers. The member is in this tax bracket, and he and other taxpayers account for 13% of all tax revenues. Finally, those who earn above $200,000 a year account for the 1% and pay 21% of all tax revenues.
Who is the member talking about taxing? Is it all taxpayers? Is it those who earn a million dollars? There are not many of those people. Is it those who earn $100,000, like he does? Who is he talking about taxing to bring in these billions—