Mr. Speaker, I will be brief.
The Conservatives brought the HST to British Columbia and Ontario, and they borrowed $2 billion for British Columbia and they borrowed $4 billion for Ontario. An independent study analysis showed that if they balanced the budget right away, the interest to pay that off was actually going to be between $8 billion and $10 billion.
How does the member justify borrowing money from Canadians to bring in a new tax on them and having to pay interest for that in perpetuity?