Mr. Speaker, in his last budget, the Minister of Finance announced an important measure to help Canadian families.
The child tax benefit means that taxpayers with dependent children pay lower taxes than those whose income is the same but who do not have dependent children.
I remind the House that the Canadian government set aside $850 million in assistance in 1997 and that it announced an additional $850 million in the 1998 budget.
The 1999 budget sets aside another $300 million for the child tax benefit, which will help two million low- and middle-income families.
These are some of the things our government is doing to improve the quality of life of Canadians.