Thank you for your question.
I was referring to two examples—three, actually. The two most compelling ones involve the GST and QST.
In the 1990s, when the taxes were merged, everyone thought people would lose their jobs, but no one did. People are claiming that this would result in job losses, but I would really like to see some actual evidence of that. It's well and good to say that merging the two regimes will lead to job losses, but the claim has to be backed up by something. Our position is based on two studies.
In the early 2000s, the Quebec government, specifically the department of social solidarity, got the federal government to agree to turn over administration of the GST. The same thing happened in that case: people in the regions did not lose their jobs or their income. They were brought under the department of social solidarity in the same positions and at the same rates of pay until retirement. No one was let go. That was the agreement between the federal government and the province.