Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to speak again on Bill C-70 because I believe it is good policy and good legislation. In the world of politics and government we have to deal with the art of the possible. We often are not fortunate enough to have perfect solutions to everything but I believe the HST comes very close to that.
I would like to correct the member for Calgary Centre on one point. The premier of Ontario is quoted as saying-I do not have it in front of me now-that the harmonized sales tax would be the best thing Ontario could ever do. It is on the record. However, in the interim he has been involved in the politics of this issue and he does not want to move on it. We are finding that with so many issues.