Madam Speaker, why do they not just take the GST off everything and reduce government expenditures to pay for it? There is a problem. We do not have enough money. I have been around this town for three years, and I still cannot find the money tree that these parties think exists in this town. Why do they think we have to keep spending with deficits?
Not only that, the NDP asked for taxes off heating bills and cellphone bills. The government is not even doing that. By the way, as we talk about staples, what about fuel? Why not take the GST off fuel? Maybe that would have been a little more palatable for people as they travel over the Christmas holidays, the winter holidays or whatever religious holidays they observe.