Mr. Speaker, in other words, when the minister used the term "substantial", he had no specific figure in mind. In other words, he made a statement without knowing what the consequences would be. This is interesting, Mr. Speaker.
I put the following question to the minister. Perhaps he has an idea on this one: How many tens of millions of dollars will taxpayers have to fork over in order to make up for the financial shortfall arising from this fuel tax rebate?
I imagine that, in announcing a tax rebate, the Minister of Finance has some idea of the cost. I hope he does.