Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all parliamentarians and all Canadians, I congratulate the Minister of Finance for tabling his eighth consecutive budget.
In his eight straight years as Minister of Finance, he has cut taxes over 150 times and has reduced the tax bill for the average Canadian family by $3,200. My constituents of York Centre appreciate low taxes and appreciate that our Conservative government is focusing in economic action plan 2013 on what matters—jobs and long-term economic growth—while getting Canada back to balanced budgets.
As a member of the finance committee, and given our recent study on increasing charitable donations, I ask the minister what economic action plan 2013 will do to help charities?