Mr. Speaker, we fully appreciate the terrible burden of taxation that Canadians have had to bear as a result of the 39 separate tax increases introduced by the previous government. It is one of the reasons why in the last budget we did not seek to increase taxes but rather sought greater tax equity.
I am sure the member opposite understands the absolute necessity of building fairness into the tax system. In fact, in the last budget we announced certain potential tax decreases. I
would never disagree with the Minister of Industry and in his previous answer he talked about the reduction in unemployment insurance premiums. That is a tax decrease.