Mr. Speaker, what this minister has represented is 36 tax increases, including the largest tax increase in Canadian history, bringing federal revenues up by $46 billion from 1993 to 2000, a $5,000 increase in revenues per family.
How can this minister claim this is a tax relief budget when revenues are going up, when taxes are going up, when bracket creep is taken into account, and the CPP? People will pay more, not less, after this budget.