Mr. Speaker, that is simply not true. Taxes will be reduced in Atlantic Canada. Taxes will be lower. The sales taxes will be considerably lower in Atlantic Canada. Our calculations show that in each of the provinces in Atlantic Canada that have harmonized individual families will be paying lower taxes. They will be paying as much as $400 less in Newfoundland. It is less than that in the other two provinces, but there will be substantially less taxes in each one of those provinces.
In the House of Commons on April 26th, 1996. See this statement in context.