Madam Speaker, the current member for Saanich—Gulf Islands spoke about British Columbia. I grew up in British Columbia. It was a beautiful province then. It is still a beautiful province. I noticed that many people in his riding seem to do very well living in British Columbia so the government cannot be all bad.
I could also not help noticing that every time members of the Reform get up they talk about the best and brightest leaving the country. I see the member for Sydney—Victoria, the member for Winnipeg Centre, the member for Dartmouth, myself, even my good friend from Lethbridge in his own party, the other member from Calgary and the member from Surrey are still here. All the best and brightest have not left, as he stated
In all seriousness, his party is right when we talk about taxes, tax reform and what to do about taxes in the new millennium. Every time Canadian Alliance members talk about what they have done, what they will do and how it will be, I cannot help but think of their promise with regard to Stornoway. Their leader said he would turn it into a bingo hall, and quickly that promise was broken. I shudder to think how many other promises would be broken if they ever formed government.
I respect the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands as a former fisheries committee member. He never once mentioned the dreaded GST which all Canadians hate. Would he not join us in the New Democratic Party, not physically but in terms of policy, in reducing the GST? A break on the GST would be the fairest tax break for every Canadian from coast to coast to coast regardless of income.