Mr. Speaker, this is about giving working Canadians a break so they can keep themselves out of poverty.
Mr. Tkatch also pays about $700 a month in taxes, EI and CPP. It is close to the point where he might just as well sign over his paycheque to the government and live off the deductions.
Will the finance minister explain to Mr. Tkatch and others like him why they should not just quit their jobs and go on welfare?