Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned the GST and I would like to ask him a short question. When the 1% cut in GST came in for low income people who could not afford to spend money on things to reap that benefit, it was not that helpful. However, the day the GST cut came in the income tax went up for low income people from 12% to 12.5%. I would like to ask the member, does he think that was fair, was that in the spirit of the generosity of Canada, and was that was good public policy?
In the House of Commons on January 30th, 2007. See this statement in context.