Mr. Speaker, before I ask my question I would like to premise it that the motion itself concerns harmonization of various taxes. It does in fact mention the 1990s, and the hon. members opposite did make examples of some things in the 1990s.
In the 1990s, the Liberals cut science and technology by $442 million, which in today's dollars is about $1 billion of cuts to science and technology. They also raised taxes on Canadians. The Leader of the Opposition has been cited as saying that they definitely will have to raise taxes on Canadians. I suspect that they will in fact cut and gut science and technology once again.
However, I would like to ask my hon. friend what he thinks the impact would be on Quebec of the Liberal Party's proposal to raise taxes, across the board is my guess, and whether the member has any insight as to which taxes he thinks the Liberals intend to raise on our good friends in Quebec.