Mr. Speaker, unlike the Liberal leader, who would reverse seniors' pension income splitting and believes that supporting the NDP's federal minimum wage proposal is relief for middle-class Canadians, our Conservative government helps Canadians keep more of their hard-earned dollars.
Unlike the Liberal leader's proposals, we have taken real action to put more money back into the pockets of seniors and all other Canadians by cutting the GST; introducing pension income-splitting; creating tax free savings accounts, allowing more than nine million Canadians to save tax-free; and introducing the pooled registered pension plan to help small businesses and the self-employed save for their retirements.
However, we are not stopping there. We recently announced the small business hiring credit, which will lower EI payroll taxes and save small businesses over $550 million, and there is a further rate cut planned for 2017, bringing rates down by a total of 22% compared to 2014 levels.
We continue to stand up for seniors and small business owners, while the Liberal leader's proposals show that he is clearly in over his head.