Mr. Speaker, the middle income tax cut that is supposed to benefit the middle class, actually mostly benefits those on the very high end of income, certainly relative to the people in my community.
People making $45,000 or less would not benefit one cent from this tax cut. According to the parliamentary budget officer, that is estimated to be 17.9 million Canadians.
I am wondering how the member could actually square that circle to say that this tax cut is good for people in his community who are in need of support, who have low income, particularly for camps and so on. When they make $45,000 or less, they would not benefit from this.