Mr. Speaker, while hard-working Canadians jump through hoops to do things by the book and pay more than their fair share in taxes, Brookfield has been exposed as one of Canada's biggest tax-dodgers. It was recently revealed that the Prime Minister's company has avoided paying more than $6.5 billion in Canadian taxes over the last five years by funnelling profits through offshore tax havens in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
This may come as a shock to Canadians, but it is no surprise to the Prime Minister, who himself had set up three multi-billion dollar investment funds registered offshore while he was chair of Brookfield. Liberals are telling young Canadians to sacrifice more, while the Prime Minister has done everything in his power to sacrifice less. This is the height of hypocrisy.
Canadians deserve a Prime Minister who puts the country first, not his own bank account. Conservatives will always defend hard-working Canadians, and we will hold the Prime Minister accountable for forcing taxpayers to sacrifice more than he is willing to sacrifice himself.