Mr. Speaker, Santa Claus announced today that he will be moving his entire Canadian operation to the South Pole early next year. The reason? The excessively high taxes imposed by this Liberal government.
An obviously distraught Claus told a packed news conference that all aspects of his operation are overtaxed and that he is simply not prepared to pay any more. “It is becoming increasingly impossible to get the elves to work overtime”, said Claus. “Liberal payroll taxes rip their paycheques in half”.
“The excessive burden of provincial taxes, federal excise taxes and the GST are driving the price of reindeer fuel out of sight”, said R. N. Reindeer, chief of Claus' transportation division. “Our accountants say the best way to escape the Liberals' juggernaut is to move to the South Pole and to operate Santa's sleigh under a Liberian flag of convenience”.
“Our agenda has always been a children's agenda”, said a tearful Mrs. Claus. “Once Liberal taxes have shut us down, who are the kids going to write to at Christmastime, Revenue Canada?”