Mr. Speaker, I was listening with great interest to the hon. member strong protestation for the need for consistency because I had taken the time to look back at what the Reform Party had said about the GST.
In 1990 the Reform Party leader said "let's rip up the GST". In 1991 he said "oh, no, we cannot repeal the GST because it would affect the deficit". Then in 1992 he said "what we need to do is reduce it in stages". In 1994 in front of the finance committee the Reform Party said "let's harmonize the GST and congratulate the government for moving toward harmonization".
If there is any example of inconsistency on the position on the GST, the hon. member should be asking questions of his own leader, the leader of the Reform Party.