Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, too, want to thank Mr. Dolynny for bringing the motion forward. I am fully in support of this and as Mr. Bromley said, this is not a new idea, it has been discussed a number of times over the years and certainly before my time as well.
Annually, when we look at the budget, we stress over the highs and lows of our revenues and particularly around corporate income tax and then this year, as well, around personal income tax, so this idea would certainly allow us to have a much easier time when we discuss fiscal planning and fiscal strategy. It would certainly allow us to have a much easier time when we discuss fiscal planning and fiscal strategy. It would certainly allow us to better plan budgets and to know that we have a stabilization fund that we can pull money out of if we need to.
One of the things that I do want to mention is that if people are wondering where the money could come from, there are many, many countries in this world that take money from their resource revenues and put it into a stabilization fund, and I certainly think that that’s something that we should strongly consider. I know that as far as the government is concerned, our resource revenues are spent and they’re already allotted, and they’re aligned and there’s nothing more to be had, but I think, as part of this motion, where the money is going to come from should certainly be considered, and I believe that resource revenues are a perfect source to build… Part of our revenues are used to fund the stabilization fund.