Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the House the Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions said that this tax was revenue neutral. I want to draw his attention to table 5.1 where it says that the government will bring in $430 million in tax revenue from this tax. Section 37 of the Budget Implementation Act says that the amount of $340 million will go to the authority in the fiscal year 2002-03. In year one there is a $90 million surplus.
With the service not provided for eight months and a $90 million surplus, will the government reconsider the tax? What will the government do with that extra $90 million?