Mr. Speaker, in his budget, the Minister of Finance finally announced reductions in income tax.
What reductions? This year? No, next year. Such election opportunism. However, the federal government had all the manoeuvring room it needed to introduce it this year.
What about the unemployed? Nothing, no change.
Will it be this year for regional development or the long awaited municipal infrastructures program? No, not before 2001, and with a budget of only $100 million. The rest will come later.
But this government does not need coaxing to establish new programs or new foundations, including in the area of the environment.
It even dared to give the Minister of Human Resources Development new responsibilities.
Whether in the case of this department or elsewhere, this government is clearly leaving the door open to political camouflage and patronage.