Pat Martin on Business of Supply

In the House of Commons on September 29th, 2011. See this statement in context.

Opposition Motion—Canadian EconomyBusiness of SupplyGovernment Orders

September 29th, 2011 / 12:15 p.m.

NDP

Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

Mr. Speaker, I want to follow-up on a question from my Conservative colleague who asked about taxation.

I wonder if my colleague from Nanaimo—Cowichan knows what the small business tax is in the socialist paradise of Manitoba. I can tell her, as a clue, that it was 11% when the NDP formed government. I will help her with the answer: it is now zero. It went down from 11% to 10% to 9%, to 8%, to 7%, and so on.

Would she agree that a tax cut to small business generates jobs, as per the socialist paradise of Manitoba with the lowest unemployment rate in the country, whereas with a tax cut to corporations, we do not really know what happens to the money?

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