I agree with Susan. I think you're getting to a debate or a discussion about the nature of our federalism.
I'm an economist and I'm always looking at revenues and expenditures. One thing that hasn't been mentioned here yet today as part of the reason the federal government has backed away from what I would consider its responsibility across the country is that it has cut its revenues to the extent that it doesn't have the money to spend that it used to have.
This is a debate that is starting to grow in the United States. Very mainstream economists are starting to talk about how taxes have been cut so much in that country that it's just impossible for them to have a functioning society. I think we perhaps haven't cut quite as much in Canada, but we've cut too much. Whether it's at the provincial or federal level, we have persistent talks about the need to cut taxes and cut taxes and cut taxes. I think it's time we took an honest look at that and said it's actually the other way around: it's time to start raising taxes. I know it's painful. It's politically unpopular and it's going to be a nasty issue to bring up, but we have to do it.