The member opposite said we have had the biggest tax cut in Canadian history, Mr. Speaker, but what he did not tell us was that the government raised fees and a number of other taxes so there was a net loss to the taxpayer.
Canadians are not better off. Their disposable income, their buying power, is less today than what it was five years ago. It is less today than it was 10 years ago when the Liberal government took office. Canadians do not have the same amount of buying power for their dollar as they did when the Liberals took office.
It is important that we start making real progress in some of these areas. The government needs to take heed of some of this stuff. It actually voted in favour of this. Hopefully when we see the full implementation of the budget, we will see tangible tax cuts that will make a difference, that will be measurable, that will not be swallowed up in other fees.
Another Conservative Party amendment to the throne speech was that the government tell the truth in its budget forecasting. I urge the government to look at some of the amendments to the throne speech. Tell the truth in government budget forecasting. Let us reduce taxes for low and modest income families. Let us ensure that employment insurance funds are only used to benefit workers. All these things need to be implemented.
The government supported the amendments to the throne speech put forward by the Conservative Party of Canada. Liberals supported it in the House. Hopefully they will finally show us that their vote in this place is meaningful and we will see true implementation of these numbers.