I hear some heckling coming from the other side. We had some heckling yesterday that caused a little ruckus in the House. I hope these people do not get back down to that level again today because that seems to be where they are most of the time, down somewhere around the gutter. They do not have the moral fortitude to stand up and deliver on their word.
They like very much to shout epithets across the House which they would never dream of saying outside the House. They accuse other people and other parties with their broad brush statements-plural, have no doubt, Mr. Speaker. They make sure that nobody is missed with the wide sweep of their broom. They feel they can denigrate other people's ideas, but they only drag themselves down.
This country should have better government. The Minister of Finance tells us how the deficit is coming down and how his policies have achieved great deficit reductions. Yet when we take a look at the figures, which include the small figures, we realize that while the deficit has come down by $25 billion, revenues have gone up by $25 billion.
My point is that the GST only brings in $15 billion. The Minister of Finance stood up in this House and said, "I can't live up to my promise because if I got rid of the GST I would have to get another tax to replace it'. That is a deliberate misstatement of the facts. He is now collecting $26 billion more. He could have eliminated the GST and still had $10 billion more than he had when he started
three years ago. He could have lived up to his promise on the GST. He is now collecting more revenue than what the GST creates in its entirety.
That is the type of deception that we have to get out. We have to make sure the people understand the type of information that is being disseminated by this party on the other side. When I tell people back in my riding they say: "I had no idea. Is that right? If I had known." Let us tell them the deception that is going on, the smoke and mirrors. As I said, I do not think the Minister of Finance will leave any stone unturned.
I saw another bill this morning. I am not sure if it was Bill C-69 but it was a tax implementation act. It had about 20 different categories to squeeze out some more, broaden the rules to collect more, close the loopholes to make sure that nobody is missed.
I could go on and on, but I think I have given a picture at this point in time. I will allow my colleagues to continue on.