In my opinion, we need analyses to examine not only the fiscal sustainability of the federal government but also of the provincial governments.
In our first report on the 2010 fiscal sustainability, we have only examined the federal government. As I said earlier, in our next report, coming out perhaps in February or March, we are determined to examine the government in a consolidated manner, meaning all levels of government.
As Mr. Poschmann said, important issues have to be addressed, including the growth rate in health transfers. In the current fiscal framework, there is a 6% assumption per year; that's a big chunk of our budget, as Mr. Burleton pointed out when we talked about the 2% GDP growth rate.
So we should talk about this. Meanwhile, it is important that our office and, perhaps, the Department of Finance conduct appropriate analyses to examine the fiscal sustainability of all levels of government.