Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the deputy minister referred to the wealthy and suggested that the taxes of wealthy Canadians be reduced.
The idea would be to listen a little less to the Power Corporation head office and, with respect to tax reform, to start by imposing a minimum tax on corporations. That would make sense.
How does the Minister of Finance reconcile his deputy minister's statement with, on the one hand, his so-called commitment to ensure that all Canadian taxpayers make an effort to help reduce the deficit and, on the other hand, his decisions which have consisted thus far in demanding a much bigger effort from lower income households and attacking the unemployed at every chance?