Mr. Speaker, I think there is some validity to ask the question about the income split, because it is very obvious with respect to this budget that it is an unfair budget. It would not do anything really tangible for Canada's middle class, and it is the middle class that is really going to be driving our economy into the future. That is how we generate the wealth. We need to invest in our middle class. A healthy, strong middle class will result in a healthy, strong economy for Canada.
When I look at the taxation issue of fairness, Jim Flaherty, the person she quoted in her speech, said that the income split was not on the table; it was something that was not good for Canada, because it would elevate only a few. Fewer than 15% of Canadians would actually benefit from that.
The ones that would be affected hardest would, of course, be the middle class because they are the ones who would foot the bill for it.
I wonder if she believes that Jim Flaherty, when he was the minister of finance, was wrong.