Mr. Speaker, I doubt whether a response like that would be acceptable in British Columbia where I come from.
If the finance minister will not explain to Canadian people how deceptive Liberal governments can be, I would be glad to do so.
The tax grab is under way in Nova Scotia already. Yesterday it announced the first new tax to help cover the inevitable shortfall which harmonization has created.
How could the finance minister sit there yesterday and say nothing when the people in Atlantic Canada demanded an answer to this question: Why did he tell them they were going to get a tax break during the election when it is plain that taxes will increase in Atlantic Canada, not decrease?