Mr. Speaker, this is about a broken promise and the finance minister attempting to download the responsibility onto the provinces.
The government has perfected the art of passing the buck. When it almost lost the country in the last referendum, it blamed Daniel Johnson. When it cannot deliver on its promise of jobs, jobs, jobs, it blames the private sector. Now when it cannot deliver on the promise of revoking the GST, it is the fault of the provinces.
Why does the government not accept responsibility for these events, starting with the broken GST promise instead of always blaming others for its own failures?