Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Tax Foundation and most other commentators have indicated that the savings available to small and medium size business would be between $400 million and $700 million, and they may well be in excess of $1 billion. That is the kind of money that small business needs to create jobs and it is the kind of money that harmonization and the new tax would provide.
There is a reason the majority of Canadian exporters have called for a harmonized tax. They know it would put them in a more competitive position vis à vis the United States. That means jobs.
There is a reason the consumers have called for it. They understand the simplicity it would provide to small retailers. That means jobs. Virtually every economic group in the country has called for a single tax. They all recognize the benefits.
The hon. member is calling for ten different sales taxes plus the federal sales tax across the country. Immense complexity. We are the only country that does not have a single sales tax.
Why does the hon. member continue to try to take Canada backwards? Is that an essential part of Reform Party policy?