Madam Speaker, I do not know if I am to respond to that.
The GST has been politicized too much. When it initially started out it was to replace the federal sales tax on manufactured goods which was 14%. Maybe there are some items that should not be included.
We should look at the benefits the GST has accumulated to this country over the last few year. Companies are now more competitive because the hidden manufacturers' tax is no longer there. The tax is not included in goods that go out of the country. We have, from a free trade standpoint, benefited. We have enjoyed a $16.7 billion surplus in tax revenues coming from free trade. The GST has not been all that bad for us.