The petitioners want to remind
the Prime Minister that he promised never to tax income trusts but that he recklessly broke that promise by imposing a 31.5% punitive tax which permanently
wiped out over $25 billion of the hard-earned retirement savings of over 2 million Canadians, particularly seniors. The petitioners, there
fore, call upon the Conservative minority government to admit that the decision to tax income trusts was based
...[+++] on: first, flawed methodology and incorrect assumptions; second, to apologize to those who were unfairly harmed by this broken promise; and, finally, to repeal the punitive 31.5% tax on income trusts.
Les pétitionnaires veulent rappeler au premier ministre qu'il avait promis de ne jamais imposer les fiducies de revenu, mais que, au mépris des conséquences, il a renié sa promesse en imposant un impôt punitif de 31,5 p. 100, ce qui a fait disparaître de façon permanente plus de 25 milliards de dollars que plus de 2 millions de Canadiens, surtout des personnes âgées, avaient économisés au prix de durs sacrifices en prévision de leur retraite.