Mr. Speaker, I would have been disappointed if I had not been asked about the GST today. The hon. member is trying to make question period the most boring 45 minutes in the House.
Let me deal with the question of the GST and the supposed questions that he raises. I would like to suggest to the hon. member that our commitment is clearly to harmonize. I realize harmony is not something that the Reform Party has.
I suggest that he read his own party's addendum to the finance committee report on the GST, in which the Reform Party said: "We commend the government on its attempt to harmonize the tax with the provinces. As the Reform Party concurs with the majority of those who said that a substantial simplification would result from a wide ranging broadening of the tax base, we support the lowest possible rate on the broadest possible base until major tax reform takes place".
That was the Reform Party's position.