Inflation would not be affected by providing tax cuts to the poor and middle-income groups. Especially pensioners, who get what is considered a household grant, could score.

As a general rule, as income rises, so debt increases, but in the very low income groups we find an extraordinarily high ratio of debt.

Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great deal when child care and other programs are cut to pay for tax cuts that largely benefit high-income families.

We need to have tax relief for those who really need tax relief. The concept of tax cuts is fine, but we want it targeted.

Instead of corporate sponsorship, what they should do is band together and demand that tax cuts get sent back to schools across the country that are begging for funds,

He's proposing tax cuts that are clearly not affordable. If they were affordable, he would do them all this year.