Mr. Speaker, yesterday's budget proves the Liberals still have an unhealthy addiction to high taxes.
Each year Ottawa collects $4.5 billion in gas taxes, but only 5% of that money is returned to Canadians in the form of federal highway funding. The government is ripping off Canadians at the gas pump and not returning the benefits to them.
Why did the minister yesterday not help to ease the burden on taxpayers by reducing the federal share of the fuel tax?