Adding to what Mario said, low-income Canadians depend disproportionately on public services. And the choices being made for tax cuts, which they cannot readily access, over the provision of public services simply exacerbates the situation for poor people. It particularly exacerbates the situation for racialized people, especially, as I said, low-income racialized women, who desperately need child care spaces to be able to access the labour market. A tax cut cannot compensate for that.
On June 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.