Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister went to Germany to say that people who advocate tax relief have an agenda of greed. He could not be more wrong.
Greed is when one takes more than one is entitled to, more than one has actually earned. If that describes anyone, it describes the Prime Minister and the Liberal government. It is the Prime Minister and his government who are guilty of greed when they force people earning less than $20,000 a year to pay $7 billion a year in income taxes. It is the Prime Minister and his government who are guilty of greed when they tax people so heavily that investments, jobs and young people are driven out of the country.
The government is guilty of greed when it taxes people so heavily that both parents are forced to go out into the workforce, one just to pay the taxes. It is greed when the government uses its power to overtax, to hand grants to its friends and to pour money into Liberal ridings in a transparent attempt to lever themselves back into power.
Canadians deserve to keep a lot more of the money they work so hard for and honestly earn. That is not greed; that is justice. I urge Canadians to join with the Canadian Alliance in the next election and let us throw those—