Mr. Speaker, on the bill or not, the Prime Minister's commitment, the Minister of Finance's commitment, their party's commitment, was to abolish the GST. The Deputy Prime Minister even laid her seat on the line, as did some other Liberals at election time or shortly thereafter.
Will the minister admit that what he is proposing at last to the people of Quebec and of Canada is what he condemned loudly not so very long ago, disguising the GST in the price, where it will be far easier for the government to raise it from time to time without the public's noticing?