Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents

I was happy to host a community BBQ in Kenora. It was great to see so many residents stop by to say hello, chat, and enjoy a hamburger. Thank you to everyone who attended. I also had the pleasure of joining residents at the Whispering Pines Senior Centre in Ear Falls for tea and great conversations. 
It was great to be at the opening ceremonies for the Kenora Rowing Club Regatta. Thank you to the organizers for inviting me to say a few words. Good luck to everyone competing this year.
Capital Gains Tax Changes
The NDP-Liberal government has scrambled to bring in their latest tax hike to pay for their uncontrolled inflationary spending. This is not a tax on the ultra-rich, as they claim. This is a tax on food, homebuilding, retirement, pensions, doctors, pharmacists, truckers, and small business owners. 
Taxing farmers drives up food costs. Taxing doctors means it is harder to find one. Taxing homebuilders means fewer homes. And taxing small businesses means fewer paycheques. The government will have to introduce legislation on this in the fall, which means there’s still time to stop it.
After nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, Canadians’ standard of living is falling as a result of our declining productivity, particularly in comparison to countries like the USA. This is because Canadian workers do not have access to the same tools and technology, otherwise known as capital.
As a result of NDP-Liberal investment-killing policies, including this increase of the capital gains tax, capital has been driven out of Canada, and Canadians are worse off. The independent Parliamentary Budget Officer recently confirmed that this will result in money leaving Canada.
That is why within 60 days of forming government, Common Sense Conservatives will name a Tax Reform Task Force of entrepreneurs, inventors, farmers, and workers, but no lobbyists, to design a Bring it Home Tax Cut that will:

• Allow workers to bring home more of each dollar they earn to reward work.
  
• Bring home production and paycheques by making Canada the best place to invest, hire and make things.
  
• Bring home fairness by reducing the share of taxes paid by the poor and middle class while cutting tax-funded corporate welfare and cracking down on overseas tax havens.
  
• Cutting the paperwork and bureaucracy in the tax system by at least 20%.
  

Common Sense Conservatives will unlock the potential of our strivers, inventors, builders, entrepreneurs, and workers to restore Canada’s promise. Those who go sleepless nights mortgaging their homes, wondering how they will pay employees, will have their success rewarded and not vilified. 
Instead of turning workers against business owners, we should turn workers INTO business owners. We will be a country where hard work earns powerful paycheques and pensions that buy affordable food, gas, and homes in safe neighbourhoods. Now, let’s bring it home.
Working for You 
If you’re planning to be in Ottawa and are interested in attending Question Period or taking a tour of Parliament, please let me know and my office can help reserve Question Period and tour tickets. 
As always, if there is anything my office can assist you with, please call me at 807-223-2182 (Dryden) or 807-468-2170 (Kenora) or email me at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding