Mr. Speaker, I was in here a little earlier and I heard a government member say that the government has never raised personal taxes. I know the government has raised taxes 38 times, including this time.
When I go to a gas station and I pay extra tax on gas, I find it very personal. I do not know about government members. I guess they do not. Government members, and we can all read it in Hansard , have stood in the House and said that the government has never increased personal taxes.
The hon. member mentioned taking away the $100,000 capital gains tax exemption. I think that $100,000 capital gains tax exemption was put in place for average workers. It gives them the hope of saving something. The government said no, it is for the rich. I guess maybe Liberals do not understand that the rich with $100,000 buy cars for their sons and daughters. The incentive for the average worker to hope to save $100,000 so the government cannot get its claws on it was taken away.
I look at all tax as legalized theft. If the mafia had this government as an example—