Mr. Speaker, the government has balanced the books by overtaxing Canadians. Federal tax revenues have ballooned from $116 billion in 1993 to over $151 billion this year. As well, policies like free trade, implemented by the previous government, have helped generate revenues to pay down the deficit. Yet the current finance minister was opposed to free trade in 1990. The finance minister has flip-flopped on free trade.
I ask him today to do the right thing and flip-flop on tax reductions. Do the right thing now, take our advice and give Canadians the tax relief they need.