Mr. Chair, it would only be a Liberal who would think an escalating tax would be a stabilizer.
I couldn't help but respond to Mr. Ouellette's first line about maybe small is good. I wish he'd have a conversation with his finance minister, because remember: we were promised a small deficit. Small would be good when it comes to a deficit. I'd ask him to take that to his finance minister.
In the meantime, I think what this committee should be recommending to our friends in the wine industry is the wine industry needs to declare that they're a cluster, and if they become a cluster, they'll get the attention of this government. It seems that unless you're a cluster, you can't get any attention from this government.