Mr. Speaker, the finance minister claims to be ignorant about the upward pressure that excessive employment insurance premiums have on municipal payrolls and, by extension, property taxes.
The former finance minister and next Liberal leader wants Canadian municipalities to get federal money for infrastructure renewal. However the present minister's excessive EI premiums are robbing municipalities of property taxes that should be used locally instead of confiscated by Ottawa.
Why is the minister using excess employment insurance premiums to pick the pockets of Canadian municipalities?