Madam Speaker, I would like to add a comment to what my colleague just told the House.
When the Government of Quebec began working on harmonization, it was wise enough to avoid penalizing people with a tax on fuel and tobacco. Had it done so, it might have jeopardized the businesses concerned. In any case, consumers would have been very unhappy.
The fact that a sales tax is calculated only on the sales tax and not on the tax base harshly penalizes the province of Quebec. We will get back to this later today. However, we demonstrated a lot of wisdom.