Madam Speaker, I cannot help but sit here and chuckle over the word hypocrisy coming from the opposite; hypocrisy, the finest word the government has every used and abused to the Canadian taxpayer.
It was not that long ago, but it is kind of short in the memories of some of the Liberal members, who had to resign their seat over the misrepresentation of the GST.
The Liberal government, to the member from the Bloc, seems to forget that it campaigned to get rid of the GST. It sold that bill of goods to the people of Canada. I imagine it did the same in Quebec.
When we were debating the harmonization of the GST in the Atlantic provinces I can remember standing up in the House and giving a speech on the problems this would create in the Atlantic provinces. We all know that when governments start talking about harmonization, if you take the front part of the word it is harm. It harms the citizens of the country. It does not matter where this is tried. It found this out in the Atlantic provinces.
I would like the hon. member from the Bloc to answer a question. Who was in provincial power at the time harmonization took place in Quebec? Were they also led down the garden path by the government in power at the time?