Mr. Speaker, I am sure my hon. colleague from Winnipeg Centre would probably make the statement that parties in the past voted the Liberals out based on their record of scandal and I commend him for standing on principle on that issue.
The hon. member would probably like to correct a few items in his speech because he knows them not to be true. Specifically, this government has removed 885,000 low income Canadians completely from the tax roll, the overwhelming majority of those being low income seniors. He should know that we have done that by increasing the age credit from $1,000 to $2,000 and increasing the pension allowance from $4,066 to $5,066. He talked about the GST, which is a regressive tax. For many people who do not pay income tax, it is the only tax they pay.
The Retail Council of Canada said before the Standing Committee on Finance that it was the single largest increase in real disposable income in Canadian households. I wonder if the member is aware of the testimony that the Retail Council gave about the GST cut, if he is aware of all the tax saving measures that we brought in for seniors, even things like pension income splitting. Nobody has benefited more from tax cuts than families and seniors. This government has brought in $41 billion in tax cuts.
I am wondering if perhaps the member might be interested in correcting his facts.