Mr. Speaker, Canadians had better brace themselves for another shell game from the finance minister in next week's budget.
The finance minister is proposing to give Canadians $2 billion in tax relief, but on the other hand he is taking $2.4 billion away from them because of bracket creep and CPP tax hikes. In other words average Canadians get $143 but then he takes away $171. They are $28 worse off.
Why does the minister not just admit that his Liberal tax cuts are really a tax hike in disguise?