How about the red book promise on jobs? The Retail Council of Canada has called the government's billion dollar harmonization deal a declaration of economic separation because it is going to cost $100 million annually in Atlantic Canada. That is what the job creators are saying.
Can the finance minister explain to Canadians why his red book promised jobs, jobs, jobs while he is cutting political deals like these that mean "higher costs, lower quality, less selection, higher prices and fewer jobs"? That is what they are asking in Atlantic Canada.