Mr. Speaker, over the last four or five years, we have witnessed a Conservative government that has brought a net increase in taxes. It would have us believe that it has decreased taxes when the reality is the opposite. We see that in this budget, with the number of increases in different tariffs, even with tariffs where there are no companies manufacturing the same type of product.
The government is cashing in on literally millions of additional tax dollars through things like tariffs, in particular.
As there has been a net increase in overall taxes being paid by Canadians, why has the government seen fit to increase taxes?