Mr. Speaker, I believe the member is quoting from an interview given by the Prime Minister on CFRB on August 26. I would like to put the quotation in context by giving it in its entirety.
"Yes, I will abolish it, but I need the money. It is taking $15 billion and I will have to collect another $15 billion. So you go and sit down in a very civilized way and say to the provinces that the poor small businesses have items with federal tax, other items with provincial tax, or both, or sometimes none. So we have to clean up that mess and produce $15 billion".
I think the member should at least be honest enough to quote the Prime Minister in context.