Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît for her question.
I agree with her, and I think it is terrible. We in the Bloc Québécois believe in free education for children, and that begins with early childhood centres. We believe in social equity, and that begins with the taxes that we pay.
This evening my colleague from Joliette will be moving a motion on tax havens. That is where it begins. Rather than taking money from workers who make $30,000 or $40,000 a year, why not eliminate tax havens and recover billions of dollars? Why not raise the tax rate for banks? There is no reason not to, and yet the government refuses. The people wind up paying for that.
As for family benefits, yes, the Prime Minister did announce during the election campaign that those benefits would be tax-free, but that does not go into effect until next year. Benefits paid out last year are taxable this spring.
These are nasty surprises for taxpayers in Quebec and across Canada. We are very disappointed in how this government is managing the education file and treating young Quebeckers and young Canadians and the parents watching over them.