I am sure it comes as no surprise that we are not reassured. If the Prime Minister believes the provinces have nothing to fear from the new national standards, why then is he still refusing to call a federal-provincial conference to debate publicly, first, the distribution of the cuts to the transfer payments announced in the budget and, second, the new national standards he wants to put forward, particularly in health and social assistance?
In the House of Commons on May 3rd, 1995. See this statement in context.