Mr. Speaker, during his three decades-plus in the United States, the Liberal leader distinguished himself as a debater and an academic. Now he needs to put those skills to work to explain what he meant when he said, “We will have to raise taxes”, or when he said, “I'm not going to take a GST hike off the table--”, or when he said, “I am a tax-and-spend, Pearsonian, Trudeau Liberal”. His verbal acumen permits him, indeed his sense of honour compels him, to explain who will pay more, how much, and which taxes he will raise.
In the House of Commons on May 8th, 2009. See this statement in context.