Mr. Speaker, I was rather amused that the finance minister quoted Robert Louis Stevenson, who came to the conclusion that what one needed in life was an honest friend.
I am not sure whether the finance minister is aware that he came to that conclusion on the basis of questions that he was asking himself: where he had been; where he was; and where he would like to go? He went to a book that was written by a priest in the sixteenth century who underwent the same sense of where do we go and how do we do it, and had chosen to walk across Spain with a donkey. He came to the conclusion that the honest friend was a donkey.
I know the finance minister in the House shares a huge respect for donkeys because they have a great sense of direction and a great spirit.
The minister will be aware that the former finance minister of Ontario, Mr. Sobara, had indicated that he felt that the province of Ontario was paying greater portion on equalization.
The member for Burlington has indicated that he is prepared to look at the harmonization of PST and GST. Is the minister serious when he talked about looking at equalization in terms of fairness and equity, and where does he propose to go--