Mr. Speaker, a Tory federal government is poison for the city of Summerside, P.E.I. In 1989 the last Mulroney government closed CFB Summerside, the only military base in the province of P.E.I. Now this rapidly aging minority Tory government is closing the GST rebate program which is delivered out of the tax centre in Summerside, a tax centre that the province, the city and all Islanders fought to get as an offset in lieu of the military base.
Monsieur le Président, un gouvernement fédéral conservateur, c'est du vrai poison pour la ville de Summerside, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. En 1989, le dernier gouvernement Mulroney a fermé la base des Forces canadiennes de Summerside, la seule qui existait à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard.