Mr. Speaker, when you speak about back on the road, it reminds me of all the great construction projects that were put forward through our economic action plan. It is great to be back on those wonderful roads, roads that are in much better condition than they were back in those 13 dark years of Liberal government. We rejoice in the fact that we have a good road to drive down. I will listen to your ruling, Mr. Speaker, and I will steer my vehicle back on to the road.
Despite all the heckling around me, and I am not sure if it is actually support, this is very important. The fact is the provincial governments are waiting for us to make a decision. I do not want to be the one standing between the decision those provinces have made to harmonize the value added tax. However, I would like to think the rest of the members in the House will also continue with that and ensure we follow through on our commitment to them, a commitment that was made back in the 1990s by the former Liberal government.
We are following through on that because it is imperative we treat all provinces equally. Three provinces are fully harmonized. We think it is only fair that the two other provinces, which have come to us recently, have the same equal opportunity. I would encourage all hon. members to move forward quickly and help us move this motion forward so we can provide the legislative amendment, the changes the legislation, to allow the provinces to develop their harmonized value-added sales tax within their own jurisdictions.