Mr. Speaker, yesterday the "get over it" Deputy Prime Minister announced amendments to the Copyright Act, introducing a new tax on blank audio and video tapes. This measure is in direct violation to the finance minister's boastful misleading claim that in his budget this year there are no increases on personal taxes, no increases on corporate taxes and no increases on excise taxes. He bragged about no new taxes.
Now the government cannot even keep a promise for two months.
Does the Minister of Industry have special permission from the finance minister to implement this tax and how much is it?