Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance. In a report tabled in the House in November 1989, the Liberals, who were then the Official Opposition, called upon the government of the day, and I quote:
-to abandon the proposed GST and to undertake without delay consultations with Canadians and provincial governments on a fair and integrated reform of the entire tax system.
Does the Minister of Finance believe as strongly today as he did during his days in opposition that the federal tax system is in need of a complete overhaul and that a simple analysis of possible alternatives to the GST would not be enough to eliminate the inequities of the tax system?