Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister thinks the federal government pays the piper, but all it does is collect the money from the same taxpayer who, in the end, is stuck with the bill for these transfer payments.
Does the Prime Minister not realize that he has fooled nobody by dumping the deficit in the backyard of the provinces? This tactic has already produced a negative side, as is seen in the decision by the Dominion Bond Rating Service to put Ontario's credit rating under review following the federal budget cuts in transfer payments?