Mr. Speaker, the GST is a nationally based tax. It is collected from federal taxpayers right across the country.
The leaky condo problem is a faulty building code which is provincial and municipal. It is very difficult to take GST funds from the national taxpayer and pay it out for a mistake that is local in B.C.
As far as ponying up is concerned, we are facilitating second mortgages. We are making RRAP funds available and more flexible. We have offered $75 million in tax free loans to the Government of British Columbia but so far it has not been taken up.