Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have touched on this and I am going to touch on it again, and I thank the hon. member for touching on it one more time, the idea of whether something is an investment or a tax hike.
When the government raises gasoline taxes I do not consider that an investment, in respect to the hon. member. When it cuts back the age at which somebody can contribute to an RRSP before it converts over to a registered retirement income fund from 71 to 69, that is not an investment either. When it cuts back the over-contribution rate of $8,000 or the amount one can over-contribute, that is not an investment either. When it taxes the worldwide pension income of people, which has now been three times, aside from C-2 and C-10, that is not an investment either. No, I do not think any of these things are investments. They are tax hikes.
The question comes up: What does the government use it for? Where is all the money going from these tax hikes? I look across the way and I see a whole field of members who have taken the MP pension plan and do not allow others to opt out. I look around on this side of the bench and I see people who stood on principle and have given up the trough. The government has people over there who will be collecting millions of dollars in MP pensions.