All I can say is that the old movies are still with us. When I was around in this place, 150 years ago, we had the same issue with various governments—sometimes a federal Liberal government, sometimes in the past a federal Conservative government—and that is whether the transfers were being used for what they were intended. You have put your finger on a very serious issue.
If I remember correctly—and I think I do—the Romanow commission recommended the big increase at that time. It was big, and it was badly needed. He also recommended that certain reforms go with it—to drive down costs of health care, for example—but he also wanted some kind of agreement that would see the provinces actually spend in areas in which they're supposed to.
As you know, our Constitution has real problems with enforcing that. I don't care about the ideological persuasion of a given federal government; whoever the federal government is will have problems, given the provincial constitutional authority, in enforcing the priorities. All I would hope for is that, in a negotiating process, a mechanism for enforcement be set up.
I would go so far as to say that a certain conditionality should be introduced. If a province is going to get money and negotiates a certain percentage from the federal government, then I think it should be obligated to use that money for what was intended—otherwise, don't take part in the agreement.
Having said that, I don't underestimate the challenge of making that happen.