Mr. Speaker, today the finance minister showed what is happening to this year's budget surplus. His priority is not tax relief. It is not debt reduction but more spending, pay raises for the top 3,300 government bureaucrats.
All Canadians would like a pay raise and the finance minister could give it to them by simply giving Canadians broad based tax relief.
Why does the finance minister think it is okay to leave his bureaucrats with more money in their wallets but not Canadian taxpayers?