I can't account for somebody looking at this 10 years ago in a previous government. I can tell you that for us it was a matter of looking at what are the best numbers and what would be the most accurate. When we looked at what numbers are used for the equalization program and what's being used for the Canada health transfer programs, the same population figures...and the provinces are saying, yes, that's the right way to go, that's accurate. That's when we determined that that's the most accurate and those are the numbers we should be using.
On November 15th, 2011. See this statement in context.