Mr. Speaker, in 1995 the Reform Party taxation task force said that the family structure was a primary consideration in measuring ability to pay. It is the households with similar family structures that would be taxed.
We should understand what that means. That means that when a lower income spouse decides to re-enter the workforce, that lower income spouse will be taxed at the higher rate. It means that when two people marry the lower income spouse will be taxed at the higher rate. What in fact they are talking about is a disincentive to marry. That is their position.