«You're far better off paying 2.5 to 3.5 per cent in interest for a few years than forcing yourself from a 33 per cent to 42 per cent marginal tax bracket, not to mention Old Age Security being clawed back.»
He made no mention of changes he made to health transfers and oldagesecurity that take effect in the future, after the next federal election, and in the case of OAS, in 2022.