I'm not interested in the accounting part. The Liberals stole $814 million from Quebeckers, who contributed to the rebates offered to taxpayers in the provinces concerned. It's theft, and it's vote buying. I wanted competent officials—thank you, by the way, because you are one—to answer that.
My next questions are about the goods and services tax, or GST, rebate for first-time homebuyers. We support the spirit of this policy. It's a good policy. However, when people in Mirabel or elsewhere in Quebec call the CRA to say that they've bought their first home and are asking for their reimbursement, they're told that they won't be getting it right away. There are examples of this all over Quebec. However, the government is telling us that the measure is in effect and that, since the elimination of the consumer carbon tax and the adoption of the ways and means motion, tax tables have changed. That was immediate.
How is it that a constituent of mine who is eligible for a rebate is told by the CRA that it has no idea what they're talking about and that the rebate isn't ready?