That snappy comeback from the member for Wild Rose has just made me want to sit down and burst into tears but I will try to control myself.
Businesses will have to deal with only one tax. From the first day that the GST was mentioned in this House, when you and I, Mr. Speaker, were rookie MPs in opposition, I have heard from small business people in Nova Scotia how they needed the simplification of the tax system and, again, this is what this is doing.
I will tell a little story about someone I deal with a lot in Halifax. His name is Bob Richards, a cab driver. He is probably the best cab driver in Nova Scotia. This is not to take away from other cab drivers there, but Bob has been driving me to and from the airport since I was elected. Through storm or sleet or dark of night, if I can steal a line from the American post office, he is there. He has a number of clients who know how good and reliable he is and consequently he has a good limousine business in Halifax.
Bob has complained bitterly about the kind of red tape and the bureaucratic detail he as a businessman has been hamstrung by in this tax. This tax is going to be a lot less cumbersome to business people like Bob Richards in the three Atlantic provinces that have taken this deal. That is a good thing. This is something Nova Scotians care about. Am I out of time, Mr. Speaker?