Mr. Speaker, I rise today to question the statement of an hon. member who promised voters that she would resign if the GST was not killed within a year of the Liberals taking office. It has been almost two years now since the election and the Deputy Prime Minister and her cabinet colleagues have failed to follow through on their commitment to kill the dreaded GST.
Reformers believe that a promise is a promise and the time has come for the hon. minister to do the honourable thing, own up to her promise and resign. After she demonstrates that kind of honesty in politics I have no doubt in my mind that the Deputy Prime Minister will have little trouble establishing herself in the private sector. I am sure that the severance package and the $2
million pension plan will help her through that difficult transition to private life.
It would be truly encouraging to see a member of the government fulfil a promise. We in the Reform Party would be so overwhelmed with that display of integrity that we would volunteer to throw the Deputy Prime Minister's retirement party ourselves.