Madam Speaker, I congratulate the member for Quebec on her speech. The member is well known for her concern for the less well off in Canada and I think she made some very good points.
Would she care to reflect on something I came across in an newspaper today? A KPMG accountant took a look at some of the tax relief in the budget and discovered, lo and behold, that the tax cuts the government is reporting are nowhere near what they will actually be.
Let me talk about somebody who has a low income. According to the budget a single taxpayer with $20,000 of taxable income will save $178 from the last two budgets, but this accountant says that this year the savings would be $57 rising to $114. This is nowhere near the government's numbers.
Would my colleague be prepared to comment on the government's sleight of hand?