Mr. Speaker, the government always uses the excuse that it cannot lower taxes because it needs the money to fund our public health care system. Here are the facts. First, it has taken $21.4 billion out of our public health care system. That is how it fixed it. Second, in the U.S. the average taxpayer pays 30% less taxes than Canadians. Third, the U.S. government spends $800 more per person on its public health care system than we do in Canada.
No more excuses. The minister is sitting on a fat budget surplus. When will he give real tax relief to Canadians?