Mr. Speaker, I have a very simple question for my colleague. I heard the speeches from government members who completely denied that there are any new taxes in this budget. However, we can see that over five years, there will be $8 billion in new taxes that will be taken directly out of Canadians' pockets.
The government seems to be focusing on one thing in particular, and that is the fact that 72 countries will no longer be covered by the general preferential tariff, which is an import tax that is lower for certain countries. The government is focusing on China, India and Brazil, but it is also considering many other countries—such as Kazakhstan, Thailand, the Dominican Republic and Namibia—as being fully developed.
Could my colleague tell us why the government is focusing on certain countries, which we could very well debate, but is denying the fact that it is amending the general preferential tariff for other countries that are not fully developed?