Madam Speaker, the member and I share an interest in Kurdish issues, and both of us participate in a parliamentary group on it.
The member is exactly right. This budget offers very little for the supposed middle class on which it is themed. That is the very front page of it.
Going back to my constituent, Cole, a pit boss at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino, and the card dealers who work there, they are the ones deserving of a tax cut as are small business owners. Neither of them are getting it.
I, who am a higher income earners, and members of Parliament in the House, who are also higher income earners, are getting the full benefit of this supposed middle-income tax cut because of the way the tax system works.
The Liberals are actually hurting Canadians who need it the most by driving the debt up to new heights. Taxes in the future will have to be raised to pay for the spending they are engineering today.