Finance committee  I haven't—

Finance committee  I've taken a good look at what's being done in other countries; I'm doing an exhaustive piece of research on the subject. The tax gifts offered to donors in Canada are significant. Perhaps you should ask yourselves whether donors should be rewarded to that degree. This is an issue that you should probably consider socially.

Finance committee  The numbers speak for themselves. The alternative minimum tax proposals aren't enough to increase the effective tax rate of this class of wealthy taxpayers. So what can you do? First, you can ask yourselves what the fair share of tax of a taxpayer who earns $12 million a year might be.

Finance committee  Thank you for your questions. I'm going to answer the first one, which concerns governments' redistribution obligation, but my answer will also touch on the second question. Wealth gaps exist, as does the phenomenon of vast fortunes that manage to escape their fair share of tax.

Finance committee  Thank you for your invitation. My name is Brigitte Alepin. I am a tax expert and fiscal policy specialist and have previously appeared before some 15 committees of this kind in Quebec, Canada and France. My presentation today will focus specifically on the alternative minimum tax and specific related issues.