Mr. Speaker, increasing the capital gains exemption to $800,000 and indexing it may seem like a step in the right direction for small and medium-sized businesses, but the government is actually taking more than it is giving. By changing the dividend tax credit, this government will rob small and medium-sized businesses of $2.3 billion even though these businesses are key to our very fragile economic recovery.
Why not offer them genuine help with their attempts to invest in the real economy?