Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to the hon. member talk about rural Canada and talk about taxes.
It is interesting that he also talked in particular about the beef industry. I would like to ask the hon. member a question to do with taxes and that industry.
He and the Liberal Party have already said they support harmonized sales tax in Ontario. As the hon. member probably knows, beef cattle change hands three or four times before they go to market. There is no tax on them right now. Now they will have a 13% tax every time those cattle change hands.
I would like to know from the hon. member, who aspires to be in government, and I am assuming aspires to be the minister of agriculture, how he can possibly say that he will help farmers when he is happy to charge them 13%, 13%, 13% and 13% again.