Mr. Speaker, that is rich from a Prime Minister who has added over $160 billion to the national debt.
When provincial governments propose higher CPP premiums to improve Canadian pension income, the Minister of Finance calls it a job-killing payroll tax, but when the minister uses high EI premiums to pad his books to create a phoney pre-election surplus, it is fair game.
Why does the minister think that higher payroll taxes are okay when they help Conservative politics but not okay when they help Canadian pensioners?