Mr. Speaker, my question is for the finance minister or in his absence for his representative.
I remind the House that in the October 1993 campaign the Deputy Prime Minister said: "Food isn't subject to GST because it's a necessity and so are books". A year earlier the government whip stated: "GST on reading material is a bad policy and undemocratic. It creates more unemployment".
Have these members forgotten they made these statements and that Liberal policy during the campaign affirms a tax free status on reading material?
When is the government going to live up to its election promise and remove the tax on reading?