Mr. Speaker, in an interview over the weekend, the finance minister said that any tax hikes in this month's budget will be taken from the top first. What Canadians want is for the government to start at the top with spending cuts, not tax increases.
For example, the government is going to spend $12 million to build an office tower in Sault Ste. Marie, a city that already has one of the highest vacancy rates in the country.
Why does the finance minister continue to propose tax increases when there is still so much visible waste and inefficiency in government spending? Why not wring that inefficiency and waste out of the government before they wring more dollars out of taxpayers' pockets?