Mr. Speaker, the members of the Bloc Quebecois are trying to convince the public that our government has done an about-face with the GST. In reality, we did what we said we would do in our red book in obtaining the agreement of three new provinces in order to harmonize sales taxes.
Quebec's finance minister is delighted that the harmonization of taxes has now been extended to other provinces, and the vast majority of Quebec's editorial writers are in favour of the move.
Now that we have the support of the PQ, the Bloc Quebecois is in a tight corner. It does not want the public remembering that last year it tabled a minority report in which it opposed a harmonized national tax, when this year the PQ government is applauding what we have done. The flip flop is on their side.
Four down, six more provinces to go and then we will have a national harmonized tax.