Mr. Speaker, once again the minister demonstrates that he has no capacity in his file. It has nothing to do with writing off the expense. It has to do with Revenue Canada retroactively assessing these training courses as taxable benefits. Yesterday somebody was hit with $30,000 for taking a university course.
The Business Council on National Issues says that millions of Canadians may be hit with high retroactive taxes for their companies having invested in their training.
How could the government square this penalization, this punishment of people investing in their futures, while at the same time brag rhetorically about investing in training and education?