Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister runs a tax system which not only gouges workers but particularly gouges low income workers with almost $4 billion per year in incomes taxes from Canadians who make $20,000 a year or less and over $2 billion per year in payroll taxes from workers who make $20,000 or less.
The tax policies of the government have become one of the chief contributors to poverty in Canada. How can this tax rich government, which is sitting on a $7 billion to $15 billion surplus, justify ripping $6 billion a year out of the pockets of the working poor?