Mr. Speaker, in addition to recommending an eventual tax increase for all taxpayers, the Liberal members are proposing new taxes which would directly hit the middle class. For example, they suggest imposing a new annual tax of $500 million on gas, while also leaving open the possibility of taxing group insurance benefits, RRSPs and retirement pensions.
Will the Minister of Finance pledge to reject the recommendations made by the Liberal members of the finance committee to impose a new tax on gasoline and to eventually tax RRSPs and group insurance benefits?