Mr. Speaker, it is very important for the member and for Canadians watching to hear again from page 22 of the red book. Notwithstanding what the member has said, this is what the red book did say and what I ran on in the last election. It said:
In the first session of a new Parliament, a Liberal government will give the all-party Finance Committee of the House of Commons a 12-month mandate to consult fully with Canadians and provincial governments and to report on ways to achieve tax fairness, simplicity, and harmonization. In particular the committee will be mandated to report on all options for alternatives to the current GST. A Liberal government will replace the GST with a system that generates equivalent revenues, is fairer to consumers and to small business, minimizes disruption to small business, and promotes federal-provincial fiscal co-operation and harmonization.
That is what was promised and that is exactly what has been delivered.