Hon. Alice Wong, P.C.

On April 12, 2016, Alice Wong asked two questions in the House of Commons on the topic of Taxation.

The following is a transcript:

Hon. Alice Wong (Richmond Centre, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, under the Liberals’ job-killing budget, they are raising taxes on small businesses and their workers. They reversed the Conservative tax cut for small businesses, raised payroll taxes, and now the top tax bracket in over half of our provinces will be more than 50%.

When will the Liberals stop raising taxes on workers and job creators?

Hon. Bill Morneau (Minister of Finance, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I would encourage the member opposite to read our budget. If she goes back to January, when I believe she was in the House, she will see that we lowered taxes on nine million Canadians. What she will find is that this year small business taxes actually have gone down. What the member will also find is that the nine out of ten families with children who will get the Canada child benefit will have an average of $2,300 more. This will help small businesses.

This is a budget that will help Canadians and Canadian businesses to be more successful.

Hon. Alice Wong (Richmond Centre, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals claimed to consult with businesses and workers, but as we saw in the budget, they broke that promise too. The Liberals even ignored their own members on the finance committee by raising taxes on small businesses. This should come as no surprise after the Minister of International Trade said “Amen to raising taxes”.

How can Canadians trust the tax-and-spend Liberals when they break promises to their own members?

Hon. Bill Morneau (Minister of Finance, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, let us start with understanding that we had more pre-budget consultations than in the history of the country will ever have.

Let us move forward with a very clear understanding that we reduced taxes on nine million Canadians. Let us move forward one more step by understanding that we helped small businesses across the country by helping their customers and clients.

This is a budget that will help Canadians, families and businesses. It will grow our economy over the long run.

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