Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments and question. I did indeed have the good fortune and privilege to have my first son, Étienne, during my first term here, and, during the second, I had Louis-Félix. Who knows what will happen during a third? But seriously, it was a great honour to give birth to those two boys.
In my functions as an MP, I have met people in my riding who expressed their indignation at having to pay tax on diapers. We must recall that the GST was supposedly a tax on goods and services, but that there essential items were to be exempt. Goodness knows that diapers are essential to anyone with children. I do not know many people who go around with an undiapered infant, and that is probably a good thing.
That being said, when we talk about products that were exempted from the GST, there is something about this government that I do not understand. Particularly, and this is probably the most blatant example, diapers for adults are exempted from the GST. It is appropriate that they are, but the government should explain to me why it does not do so for children. To me, this is an obvious comparison; this is why this bill is important to me and why I wish all members in this House would support it.