Madam Speaker, for the past while, I have been listening to members boast about lifting the GST for a couple of months so that people can get a better deal on groceries.
However, here is what groceries look like for people living on a budget: milk, not taxed; eggs, not taxed; vegetables, not taxed; fruit, not taxed; pasta, not taxed; and meat, not taxed when it is on sale. Items that are usually taxed include chips, candy, beer, diapers, personal care products and household products, although the last two are not on the list of products that will be exempted. That is what I was looking at two minutes ago.
In the end, is it right to say that the government, by making this argument, is mistaking people for imbeciles?