Mr. Speaker, one of those potential tax measures that may have to be taken in light of what the minister said is the deficit reduction surtax that could be used in an emergency contingency arrangement.
As Reformers we believe that if there is any kind of a contingency plan in place it should be for expenditure reduction, not for tax increases.
My question to the Minister of Finance is, having heard the anti-tax sentiment of a majority of the witnesses who appeared before the finance committee, can he support at this time increasing taxes in any way on every single Canadian before one dime is cut from the government's $1 billion boccie, incorporated infrastructure program as an example?