Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his investment in this particular initiative, and for taking the time and thought to put this forward.
However, I do want to draw to the House's attention a couple of the comments he made. The member did talk about the lowering of GST from 7% to 6% to 5%, and yes, that did happen, but what you indirectly did at the time, when you were the government, is that you stopped funding and assisting municipalities. You did. I was the mayor of Kingston at the time, and we received a lot less money for very important projects during that time.
What that did is that forced municipalities to increase their taxes. Indirectly, you did not really help the situation; you just made it worse.