Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of national revenue. Yesterday the government brought in legislation to create the Canada customs and revenue agency. If there ever were a bureaucratic blunder looking for self-justification, it is this proposal.
Is the minister of national revenue prepared to reconsider this matter, given the fact that the provinces have not agreed and that a lot of the initial justifications for this agency simply have not manifested themselves?
Why is the government proceeding at this time against all the advice to the contrary that it has received?