I do not know why they did not kill the tax. They were talked into trying to jump on the tax train and grab as much as they could, forgetting that it would hurt more in the end. I feel sorry for the Quebec government but it is not just Quebec that has been hurt, it has hurt us right across the country. It is the taxpayers who are suffering. They will continue to suffer until we dismantle, scrap, kill or abolish the GST. That will probably only happen when the Liberals are back here and we are over there.
In the House of Commons on November 6th, 1997. See this statement in context.