Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the opportunity to ask him a question and to wish him well in his upcoming leadership campaign.
I agree with the member completely with respect to the importance of a fairer tax system. I want to ask a very straightforward question. Under the proposed budget changes of the Liberal government a millionaire will receive a tax cut of $8,000 this year. A single mother with two children living in Metrotown in my community struggling to get by on welfare will receive not a penny. Under Reform taxation policies that same millionaire who gets $8,000 from Liberals would get $70,000 in Reform Party tax cuts.
Where is the fairness? Where is the justice when under Reform Party tax proposals a millionaire gets a $70,000 tax cut and a single mom in Esquimalt or in Metrotown, Burnaby gets not a penny?