The basic point is that while I don't dispute those finance numbers in terms of their own definitions, Ms. Ablonczy ought to know that these are based on legislated tax rates, and as I've said before, Canadians living outside the beltway care about what they actually pay. So those numbers showing lower income tax at every income level are based on this convenient fiction that Canadians care about legislated rates rather than actual rates. As the finance officials have confirmed more than once, the actual rates are going up, in which case those numbers are simply wrong.
Mr. Orr has confirmed that for many Canadians the impact of this budget will be to pay more tax than before--overall. He has confirmed that, and nobody in finance--