Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance.
On Monday, May 2, speaking of the GST, the Prime Minister stated in this place, and I quote: "We hate it and we will kill it".
In a report tabled in this House in November 1989, the Liberals, who were in opposition at the time, wrote, and I quote: "The Liberal members of the Finance Committee cannot tolerate the idea that groceries would be taxed." Furthermore, in the same report, the Liberals denounced all forms of hidden taxes.
Now that he is in government, can the Minister of Finance finally tell us if he intends to abide by the stands his own party had taken when in opposition and show some consistency by refusing to allow any tax, whether hidden or not, to be applied to food?