Mr. Speaker, a couple of weeks ago when Brian Tobin was in town he told reporters that he was here to pick Ottawa' pocket. I would encourage the finance minister to check his wallet because now we hear that $100 million has disappeared out of their super slush fund that is being used to pay off provinces so that they will harmonize with the GST.
Is the minister so desperate to get the provinces to sign on to his harmonization proposal which, of course, is a breaking of their election promises, that he is willing to pay them off even when we have a $600 billion debt? And where is he getting the money to do that?