Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of Industry stubbornly refused to admit that Bill C-88 gives the federal government extraordinary powers that go far beyond the scope of the internal trade agreement.
Now that he has read his bill and his officials have informed him of the scope of the provisions of C-88 on the government's retaliatory powers, could the Minister of Industry confirm that the federal government is giving itself, among other things, the power to cut transfer payments to any province that fails to comply with the internal trade agreement?