Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
4:15 am
Mr. Rob Wright:
To be clear, I am not critical with regard to people getting off the tax roll. I am just saying that this should not be the only dynamic in terms of what one stands for, particularly on a go-forward basis. Half of Canadians do not pay taxes and I do not think all Irish people should pay taxes.
That is fine, and if I sounded too strident on it, I meant no offence. I think in this country, you really do have an outstanding social engagement, as Canadians do, so I do not think we are that far apart as countries. In fact, I just made some comments on removing barriers to entry into the workforce, which is something that is extremely important in Canada and we made some great strides on that when I was in government.