Michael Ignatieff, Canada's Liberal Party leader, has claimed that he will remove the amount of $6 billion from corporate taxes which is to be paid annually, if he gets elected. The inclusion of the amount has recently been proposed by the Conservatives.

He said that he aims to reshape the society, making it more environment-friendly and smarter.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, venturing deep into Conservative territory, when he visited Saskatchewan, acknowledged his party had errored in the way it treated Western Canada, admitting before 300-people in Regina: "God knows this party has made mistakes out in Western Canada and I know them.