Mr. Speaker, by directly raising the number of provincially-supported welfare recipients through unemployment insurance cuts while reducing transfers to the provinces, by saving $2 billion on the backs of the provinces, does the Minister of Finance not agree that he is crippling the provincial governments, which will soon be forced to make further cuts at the expense of the poorest Canadians?
In the House of Commons on February 23rd, 1994. See this statement in context.