Mr. Speaker, today is family day in Alberta and I rise to pay tribute to the over 700,000 families in my home province.
The family is important to Albertans as they recognize that it is society's fundamental social unit, the centre for social, educational, economic and spiritual life, and is the cradle of life itself, providing a safe and secure environment in which to nurture, teach and love our children.
Many Albertans are concerned about the state of the family due in part to the heavily intrusive high tax policies of the government. Families in Alberta are not alone in calling for less burdensome government. Today's Compas poll indicates that nine of ten Canadians want tax cuts and the federal debt to be paid down.
Tax and spend has to end. It is time to allow Canadian families to determine their priorities with their own money.