Mr. Speaker, in the last election the Liberals went around promising to abolish, scrap and kill the GST. It was a cornerstone of their campaign. When Liberal candidates went from door to door they were not talking about harmonizing the GST; they were talking about abolishing and scrapping an iniquitous tax.
The government has clearly broken its promise. It is making matters worse by denying that it broke that promise. Now when that is not working, the Minister of Finance has the nerve to blame the provinces for his failure to keep that promise.
Why will the government not simply admit that it has no intention of ever scrapping, abolishing or killing the GST?