Mr. Chair, in the recommendation, we asked for a complete picture for Canada as a whole. This is particularly relevant when you are dealing with big changes that affect federal-provincial transfers. On the one hand, while you have a picture whereby the federal finances have changed as a result of certain transfer measures, it might look differently on the side of the provinces. When you step back to look at Canada as a whole, if you only provide the federal picture, you don't have a complete one. You need the provinces to be able to round off the picture.
Going back to the first question about whether Finance is accountable for the actions of the provinces, by no means in any way are we suggesting that by providing a report like that Finance is responsible and accountable for those actions. It seems that Finance would be, or the federal government would be, in the best position to provide this kind of combined picture rather than relying on the research of Parliament, like the PBO, or a private sector think-tank to provide that picture. Both the OECD and the IMF suggest and encourage the Canadian government to provide those kinds of pictures as a whole.