Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Finance spoke about how recent changes to the GST had affected trade-ins on new cars. The vast majority of Canadians simply cannot afford to buy a new car. What what do they do? They buy a used car instead.
By removing the tax credit on used cars, the minister has made it more expensive for the average Canadian to buy a used car. By eliminating the tax credit the government is saying: "We do not care. You already pay tax on the car. We are more interested in getting more people to pay more tax on that car".
How can the minister justify taxing the same good over and over again? Why has he abandoned the red book promise of a revenue neutral tax?