I have time for one more question here, and it's just about the LMAs. The job grant and the LMA are two different beasts; they serve two different purposes. I see the principles behind the job grant. I think if it were funded separately, I could really buy into that and support that, but taking it from the LMA and asking the provinces.... You say you've had some victories but you're taking 60% of the funding out. What you're asking to be done with the LMA money is like asking your car to do the laundry. You're on record, Minister, referring to the LMAs—I know you know your own words—as “turn[ing] most of the people involved into 'habitual welfare recipients'”.
On November 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.