Madam Speaker, I wish to say that the focus of our government is helping hard-working Canadians and hard-working Canadian families. This is exactly what we are doing in terms of those who love to dine out and go to restaurants all over the GTA, from Vaughan to Toronto, Burlington, Oakville and Scarborough, in all those great restaurants that exist. People are going to have time to spend with their families. They are going to go out over the holidays in Ontario.
It is a full removal of the HST. This would be $1.6 billion in savings. This would be providing relief to Canadians, meeting them where they are and helping them, because every little bit helps. We know that and we understand it. It is too bad the opposition members, who ran on a similar idea and voted for this a couple years ago, are now saying, “No, we do not like lower taxes.” We like—