Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition today from residents in my community and surrounding area. Petitioners reference, after nine years of the government, Canada going through the worst decline in living standards in the last 40 years. It references the government's high tax policies and the job-killing taxes that are affecting many Canadians, creating smaller paycheques.
The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to, first, overhaul the tax system to make taxes low, simple and fair; second, reduce the share of taxes paid by the poor and middle class; third, cut tax-funded corporate welfare and crack down on overseas tax havens; and, last, cut the paperwork and bureaucracy in the tax system by at least 20%.