Mr. Speaker, that is simply not true. The Reform Party's budget plan would take over 200,000 of the poorest Canadians right off the tax rolls. They would not pay a penny of tax.
We are equally appalled by any kind of changes to the tax system which preferentially give tax breaks to the rich and not to the poor. What we support is that the poor and middle class in particular get the tax breaks they need. Our proposal explicitly states how we would get 200,000 of the poorest people to pay no tax at all.