Mr. Speaker, it is simply the GST. There is absolutely no benefit to that because of the GST credits that have to go out to offset it. Calculations have been done showing that on this basis even the jump from $1 to $1.30 was a net benefit to the Government of Canada of about 2.1ยข. That works out to about $800 million, and I am sorry, but one would not do that for $800 million. We are giving half the excise tax to municipalities over the next five years for important long term investments. We are going to help with this problem.
To simply not even address some of the fundamental points that Canadians are interested in, and to play politics, to be partisan on this issue, is shameful.