John Nunziata on Goods And Services Tax

In the House of Commons on November 16th, 1999. See this statement in context.

Goods And Services TaxOral Question Period

November 16th, 1999 / 3 p.m.

Independent

John Nunziata Independent York South—Weston, ON

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the finance minister a question about the GST. In the 1993 campaign the Liberal Party promised to scrap and abolish the GST. In May 1996 the Minister of Finance apologized for not being able to keep the promise because of the difficult financial situation the country was in.

Now that the Minister of Finance and the country are awash in cash, now that he is rolling in the dough, will he keep his promise to scrap the GST? At the very least, will he use the surplus to reduce the GST?

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