I ask the member in the NDP to give me a few minutes and show the same courtesy I showed him. These parents are very upset that their children are going to the United States where they will probably end up being involved in relationships and having children there. They want their grandchildren in Canada. We can change that. We can be the best.
The member asked specifically about the GST. Let me get to that. Had we been the government of the day, I am sure that is not something we would have done. It is there now and I have to be very honest that we in the Canadian Alliance cannot promise to eliminate the GST. We will not make promises that we cannot keep. We will give sound numbers. There is one thing the Premier of Ontario, Mike Harris, has done that has not been done before by any government. He did what he said he would do.
We will not make a bunch of empty promises. As much as we do not like the GST we cannot eliminate it, but we are prepared to look at it. We have provided solution 17 which we believe is the best opportunity to get the economy going. It would allow Canadians to achieve their dreams and not punish them for doing well.
There is a mentality in the government that wants to punish people who are successful. As the economy gets going and as we are in our second, third and fourth terms of government we will be looking at everything. It is very fluid. I emphasize that we will not make promises we cannot keep. We will deliver on everything we say we can do, unlike previous governments that have sat on that side of the House.