Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague for Charlevoix for taking such a responsible stance. He demonstrated, for example, that we in this House are reduced to discussing bills of this kind which are of little or no importance. This bill does not really create savings, will actually cost consumers money and, to top it off, does not even create any jobs. I agree that we should use more of our time to debate bills that are much more serious than this one.
I would also like to ask my colleague, if you will allow me Mr. Speaker, if in effect he can see any good in this bill? Regarding
the $400 million he mentioned, we calculated that business people are going to have to buy new cash registers, that municipalities may have to install new parking meters and that all vending machines will have to be recalibrated and changed. This will cost the private sector a lot of money and consumers will ultimately foot the bill.
The consumer will be the one who pays. In fact, the only party that this bill will help is the Royal Canadian Mint. So I ask my colleague for Charlevoix if he can see anything good about this bill.