Mr. Speaker, lady luck is not on my side. I asked some very simple questions of government members, but I did not receive a response. It seems that the government, rife with hypocrisy—and I apologize for using that term, but it is truly the case here—is denying the obvious existence of tax increases in this budget and refuses to acknowledge that they are there. My last question was on that exact topic.
The government feels that any kind of tax credit—for things like the arts or sports—constitutes a tax cut. Why then is it refusing to acknowledge that eliminating a tax credit, for businesses or individuals, is therefore a tax increase?
Since I have yet to receive an answer from the government, I would like to ask my colleague that question. Her speech was excellent, by the way. I would like to know why we should not consider the elimination of a tax credit for credit unions or labour-sponsored venture capital corporations, for example, to be a tax increase that will affect the Canadian economy as a whole, which this government is denying?