DISSENTING REPORT
FROM HER MAJESTY’S LOYAL OPPOSITION
Conservative
Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance propose the
following dissenting report:
Government
spending is growing at an unsustainable pace. The deficit is 100% bigger than
the governing party promised in the last election. The tax burden, particularly
on low- and middle-income people, has risen. This burden is the unavoidable
consequence of fast-growing expenditures.
Conservatives
thus propose that:
- the
government cancel any and all unnecessary spending increases;
- the
government cancel any and all tax increases, including but not limited to,
those imposed on diabetics, autistic people, and others to whom the government
has suddenly denied the Disability Tax Credit;
- the
government cancel proposed tax increases on local businesses and family
farmers;
- the
government publicly commit to the date on which it will balance the budget and
meet that commitment through discipline and restraint;
- the
Finance Minister has wrongly characterized small business people as wealthy tax
cheats, held shares in a company that he regulates, sold shares a week before
introducing tax increases that may have reduced stock prices, introduced a
pension bill that can reasonably be seen to affect his pension company, and
failed to answer basic questions about his policies and conduct, and he should
resign;
- the
government should cancel any and all corporate welfare programs that primarily
help the wealthy and influential at the expense of everyone else; and
- the
government should emphasize free markets and free enterprise as the greatest
hope to eliminate poverty and expand opportunity for everyone.