Mr. Speaker, I hear a bit of noise coming from across the way. I see a sea of agreeable faces, but there are two or three who do not agree with me over there.
There are other issues. The fishing licence fees that were imposed on Atlantic Canadians was nothing more than a $50 million cash grab on the part of the Liberal government. The Liberals say this is an access fee. It is in return for the services that are provided to fishermen. What services have they provided? It is nothing more than a tax grab to feed this black debt hole here in Ottawa. There is no intention to match the funds that are received for specific purposes and actually see that those funds are spent in those areas.
In closing let me say one more time that it is time for this government to come clean. It is time for this government to tell Canadians "we should not have made this promise, we are sorry that we have lied to you, we are going to abolish this idea of harmonization".