Mr. Speaker, listening to the minister speak on income splitting, I was wondering which country he was looking at. When I looked at British Columbia and, specifically, Newton—North Delta, there, I would have said that a higher number than 86% would not benefit from the scheme here that would benefit, at best, the top 14% of our income.
I am talking about a province where child poverty is very high. We are talking about a country where the way our first nations communities are in some areas, we are compared to worse than third world countries.
When we really look at the real issues to be addressed to make life more affordable, is this really the best that the minister can support? Income splitting for the very, very wealthy?