Mr. Speaker, in case the finance minister does not remember, it is he who has taken $20 billion out of social programs in the last three years. The questions today are about his proposed budget. If he wants to know more about ours I suspect he might want to read it very carefully.
The fact is that he is to give Canadian workers a $143 tax break a year while his friend from the tax department sneaks in the back door and takes $171 out of their wallets. That is a net decrease of $28, for his information.
What does it take for the minister to realize Canadian taxpayers are at the end of their rope and do not need a decrease—