Mr. Speaker, taking an extra $10 billion from taxpayers is not tax relief. It is called gouging. It is called having the highest personal income taxes in the western world. It is called punishing employers and employees with unreasonable payroll taxes.
Personal income taxes are up $2 billion and corporate income taxes are up by almost $1 billion.
Why will the finance minister not admit that his so-called surplus is nothing more than evidence that he is overtaxing, gouging the taxpayers?