Mr. Speaker, if the Minister of Finance has any reason to excuse himself to the people of Canada, on behalf of his party, it will be for having made political hay by promising abolition of the GST and then not making good on the promise. That is what he ought to do.
This morning, the government decided to disguise the sales tax by hiding it in the price of goods and services. Yet, while in opposition, the Liberals stated in the dissenting report of 1989 that "if the GST is camouflaged in the price, it will be far easier for the government to raise it later on".
My question is for the Minister of Finance. Does the minister acknowledge that, through his operation this morning, all that he has done to make people think that he was eliminating the GST was to hide it in the price of goods and services.