Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to ask a question that may be a little off topic. On the subject of housing, I think that my colleague and I share a passion for social housing and co-operatives.
We in the NDP used our opposition day to ask that the GST holiday be extended to essentials such as diapers, children's clothing and food prepared at the grocery store. We also wanted it to extend permanently to heating and cellphone plans to give people, workers and their families a break. The Bloc Québécois voted against it. I was surprised.
The GST is a regressive tax that hurts the middle class and working people the most, in terms of the proportion of the impact it has on people's wallets.
I would like my colleague to take a moment to explain why the Bloc Québécois opposed this measure put forward by the NDP.