Madam Speaker, do something about him, will you. I did not think I was going to have to come here and give lessons in history but obviously the Reform Party needs it. If he wants to know about the history of this country and what Atlantic Canadians have given in dollars he might talk to his pal across the aisle who did have a history in Atlantic Canada.
He might want to know for example when I brought it up to his friend from the Kootenays earlier today that for over 20 years Atlantic Canadians paid an extra $5 over world price on every barrel of their oil to go directly, my learned friend, into the coffers of the Alberta government to build the oil industry in Alberta.
Nova Scotians, New Brunswickers, P.E. Islanders and Newfoundlanders after their entry into Confederation did it with joy because we are one country. We believe in transfer payments. We believe in equalization payments and we are going to do it whether the hon. member likes it or not.