Mr. Speaker, when the Reform Party said that it supported harmonization in its response to the finance minister, were Reformers saying that Brian Mulroney was right?
The fact is that at the time the Tories did it we talked about it. We were in the middle of a depression. They brought in a tax that was not harmonized and no sufficient attempt was made to do so.
We have brought in fundamental tax reform in Atlantic Canada, something that is going to give Atlantic Canadians a far greater chance to export and to create jobs. We have set in place a process that is going to allow other provinces to come in. We are in the process of changing the nature of fiscal federalism for the benefit of this country. The Reform Party ought to deal with the substance of it.