Mr. Speaker, somehow I knew the Liberals would justify a tax increase because that is the Liberal way of doing business in this country. They bellyache about how they think this is fair. They think that charging people or having them declare 85% of this is fair.
Is it fair that these people are going to lose thousands of dollars of their income when they do not earn very much yet members across the way collect millions of dollars in their gold plated MP pension plans? Brian Tobin alone, the current premier of Newfoundland and a former minister of fisheries, is collecting $3.4 million as we speak. The premier of Newfoundland along with the actions of the highest pay for a premier in any province in this country is making over $200,000 a year in aggregate. How can they possibly justify this, all of them smug with their MP pensions? Why should these people be suffering the blows to the tune of thousands of dollars while they all collect their super rich pensions?