Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was listening as the Minister of Finance was responding earlier to a question from my colleague and spoke about windfall revenues. So my question will be to the Minister of Finance. I noticed that in our budget before us there has been no increase in rates in personal taxes or corporate taxes, so new revenues there are more a result of economic activity, which is positive.
But in his budget speech the Minister said that the only new tax initiative was a hotel tax proposed for the next year. Well, Mr. Speaker, I disagree. In fact, in this budget there is a significant tax grab. I would like to point out that fuel tax revenues are nearly double in this budget compared to last year. An extra $5 million in revenues, because this government will collect more money per litre than the government did last year.
Mr. Speaker, this tax will hit everyone. Trappers fuelling up their snowmobiles, fisher people trying to fuel up their boats, tourists. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask if the Minister will do the right thing and change the ad valorem tax that is now on fuel to a fixed amount per litre. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.