Mr. Speaker, it is a profound sign of disrespect, not to me, I do not care, but to Canadians that the Minister of Finance will not even rise to answer this question.
He talks about pension splitting, but 70% of Canadians have no pension. He is taking $25 billion from Canadians with income trusts.
I ask him one more time. What is the purpose of the government taking $25 billion from seniors? Why should we be taxing the life out of them? Minister, withdraw.