Mr. Speaker, I cannot understand the attitude of this member of Parliament. During his speech he suggested that the reason the Canadian people are so upset with the GST is, as he said, this in your face taxation
where they were aware of it every time they went to purchase something.
If that is how out of touch this member and his Liberal colleagues are with the Canadian people then they deserve to get turfed out of office, as I am sure they will following the next election.
The simple fact is Canadian people are upset with the GST because it is another tax and they are taxed to death. They are upset especially in light of the fact that there have been promises associated with the GST ever since the Tory government brought it in. At that time the Tories said that they would only use it to pay down the national debt. They would create a debt retirement fund and all the GST revenues would go into that. Canadians now know that is not true. That is not what happened.
Therefore, I would submit to the hon. member that he has completely missed the point concerning why Canadians are upset with the GST.