Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister is proposing is to raise taxes, which would be irresponsible both here and in Ottawa. The problem is that it is the same taxpayer doing the paying and being overtaxed by Ottawa.
The solution, and I hope the government will admit it, is for Ottawa to redistribute the tax base—not expand it—so that the provinces and Quebec can meet their health care and education needs, these not being areas under federal jurisdiction .