Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister gave that answer to that auto plant worker, the worker would laugh in disbelief.
While the government is promising $16.5 billion in tax relief by the year 2002, like it promised to get rid of the GST, in fact what it has done is collect over $42 billion in tax increases since it took office. That is why that worker is paying half of his overtime pay in tax deductions.
The Prime Minister could give every worker in the country a pay increase this year simply by reducing the federal tax rip-off from paycheques. Why does he not do so?