The question was about the various options, and one option was pillaging the provincial treasuries.
I don't think this bill is about pillaging any treasuries. This bill is about accountability. This bill is about ensuring that, for example, the $250 million you are putting into child care will go into child care. The problem right now is that there are no conditions that will ensure the funding you spend will go into the programs and services they were intended to be spent on. It's about making sure that provincial governments who receive the money account for that money, so the public understands, when the federal government transfers money, how the provinces are spending it.
This bill is also about ensuring the money is spent on programs and services that are demonstrated to contribute to the healthy development of young children, not to be spent on roads or other kinds of priorities that provincial governments may decide they want to spend their money on.
Really, it's about accountability. That's what this bill is. It doesn't set out any requirement for spending dollars. It simply ensures that any dollars that are spent by the federal government are transferred to the provinces and are spent on those things they're intended to be spent on.