Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 83(1), I have the honour to lay upon the Table some explanatory notes and a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to amend the Income Tax Act.
This motion is part of the government's plan to raise, as of midnight, the excise tax on cigarettes sold at the retail level in Ontario and Quebec.
I ask that you designate an Order of the Day for the consideration of the said motion.