I'm actually not prone to flowery language, sir, but I don't think I said that. I think I said there is a continuum of financial relationships the Government of Canada can have with provincial governments, and it has a whole range of those choices to make. And I think we do account in terms of a public statement of intent. It does enhance accountability, and I think the Auditor General, in her own way, has acknowledged that as a useful step forward. But it's not the same accountability framework as in some conditional transfers.
On March 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.