Mr. Chair, the Liberals made a promise to cut taxes for the middle class, but anyone earning less than $45,000 doesn't get a tax break. These are business owners. Some of them don't have children. They're going to be left behind. They get nothing. The Liberals knocked on their doors and made a promise to these people that they were going to get a tax cut of 2%. What are they saying to those people on those same doorsteps now: that they're not going to get a tax cut for the middle class, that those people don't earn $45,000, and they're not going to get the 2% small business reduction? Those are two failed promises.
I think that the government has an opportunity right now to honour the promise they made to small business people. They deserve it. We've had decades and decades of tax cuts for Canada's largest corporations. This is the first time all parties agreed to cut taxes for small business. This is an opportunity to honour that commitment right now, today.