Mr. Speaker, the hon. member, the parliamentary secretary, speaks broadly of tax policy in addition to the specific measures in this bill. In the most recent budget implementation act, the Conservatives stated that “cutting tariffs helps middle-class families and helps decrease the price gap between Canadian and U.S. products”.
Therefore, would the hon. member agree that the $250-million net increase in tariffs in this budget would, in the words of the Conservatives “hurt middle-class families and increase the price gap between products in Canada and the U.S.”?