I'm not sure I understood the question well; you're asking whether provincial deficits are the responsibility of the federal government or of the provincial government, I believe. In my opinion, the provinces created the problem. And so solving it is their responsibility. The provinces that have the biggest deficits and the biggest problems are Ontario and Quebec. Their basic problem is not the reduction of transfers from the federal government, but their lack of economic growth. I think that these provinces have a primary responsibility in the poor results we saw recently.
On September 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.