Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question because it gives me an opportunity to tell him how wrong his accounting is.
Let us talk about that family. He said, and I repeat his words, that under $17,000 the family will be charged $1,000 but will get a GST credit. I want to tell him that over and above the $1,000 he is talking about, that family pays GST when making purchases. If they get a credit back, it is over and above the $1,000 that they are paid.
Let us go back to the GST issue the member was talking about. We can see how he is twisting numbers. It goes to show how the numbers are twisted by the government.
As for his question about the $40,000 and what is going to be paid and no exemption, I am talking about our proposal, not what is there right now.