Mr. Speaker, I have a letter from a constituent in Calgary, Dr. Shannon Rabuka. She wrote:
If I was angry before, now I am furious.
When meeting recently to discuss possible tax scenarios if [the Liberal] tax changes are implemented, it was suggested that my family consider an individual pension plan.
I was absolutely dumfounded when one of the candidate products was offered by Morneau Shepell.
When I looked into it further, it seemed at though Morneau Shepell is one of the largest vendors of these plans. It appears as though [the finance minister] stands to directly benefit from the proposed changes to our country's tax law...
...I am not averse to a comprehensive overhaul of tax law to make the system more fair—even if that means that my husband and I pay more tax. However, it is really starting to look as though “fairness” does not apply to [the finance minister] himself.
The finance minister's company will benefit from these changes, while small businesses will suffer. It does not look fair, because it is not.