Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the Minister of Finance reaffirmed in this House that he was indeed speaking on behalf of the government when he said he had made an honest mistake by not abolishing the GST as promised.
The Deputy Prime Minister resigned over this broken promise and the Minister of Finance apologized again on behalf of the government. Only the Prime Minister refuses to admit that his government pulled the wool over Canadians' eyes by running on the promise of abolishing a tax whose scope he is now broadening.
Since the Prime Minister still insists his government did abide by its promise regarding the GST, could he tell us why his finance minister has made public apologies on behalf of the government?