Mr. Speaker, the member talked about tax increases, as did the member from Nose Hill.
The figures members referred to are the estimated total revenues from personal income taxation from all Canadian taxpayers. They suggest that since that number is going up Canadians are paying more taxes. The fact is that since the government took power there are over 1.5 million more Canadians who have jobs, 1.5 million more taxpayers.
I ask the member very directly that when he considers all the changes that have taken place in the last series of budgets, all of which reduced taxes like the 3% surtax, the $675 on the non-refundable tax credit and all the other improvements that were made, is he saying to the House that the government has introduced any changes which increase an individual's income taxes?