Mrs. Louise Levonian at the Status of Women Committee

On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.

General Director, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister's Office, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

I would like to add something about the GST. Even though the government reduced the GST, it decided to keep the GST/HST credit for low-income people. This means that even though people spend less, the credit remains the same. As a result, there's $1.1 billion for low-income individuals.

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