I said that there had been no actual increase—and I hope the word was pronounced properly in English—since the mid-1980s. Of course, because of the introduction of the goods and services tax in 1991 and the first reduction in the tax in 2006, various taxes and duties had to be adjusted.
What I understand about the political decisions of the governments of the day is that, overall, the tax burden on products remained the same. In other words, a tax was removed to add another tax. I don't think we need to go through all of the technical details, because they aren't being studied in this bill. In any event, my previous assertion that actual rates have not been increased since the mid-1980s is still true, notwithstanding certain statements that have not been made to me and that I do not have in front of me.