Madam Speaker, Quebec did not receive compensation at the time that it harmonized. It would not qualify for compensation under the formula that was announced, debated and passed by this House several months ago.
That formula requires a province to incur a net loss of tax revenues of over 5 per cent in order to qualify for assistance on any measure. Quebec would not be in a position to benefit from that formula, nor might I add would Ontario were it to harmonize now or British Columbia. Other provinces would qualify. The maritimes do quality and that is the simple answer.
Not only did the province of Quebec not lose revenue on harmonizing in the manner in which it did several years ago, but in fact gained revenue by operating two systems simultaneously for a period of time. I wonder if the hon. member is aware of that.