Mr. Speaker, sitting on this side of the House it is often difficult to get into a Liberal's mind and understand why they do what they do. One thing I do know about Liberals is that they are very shortsighted. They see only as far as the next election. It is funny to note that Bill C-2 to raise the CPP tax and Bill C-10 to take money off the backs and to break the backs of seniors receiving social security benefits from the United States both happened right after the election.
It makes me think. Other governments in the past have had a certain practice of bringing through their most draconian tax increasing legislation right after an election in the hopes that taxpayers will forget the wrongs done them. But it will not happen because these things have long tails, very long coattails indeed.
When you raise the CPP tax from 5.85% to 9.9% over a period of a few years, taxpayers will not forget it because it is still coming off their paycheques. Mark my words, those pensioners who have felt a 70% tax bite increase by this government will not forget that come election day.