Mr. Speaker, I see the member for Kings—Hants applauding his House leader there.
Here is what the hon. member for Kings—Hants said at a more sensible time in his life. He said, “Payroll taxes, especially EI taxes, are a tax on jobs”.
That is what he said then. He was right then. We are right now. We will not forsake the workers. We will not forsake Canadian businesses. We believe in lower payroll taxes.
We believe in lower taxes, whereas his leader said, one month ago today, “We will have to raise taxes”.
That is not good enough.