Mr. Speaker, perhaps I should quote from Robert Shepherd, a columnist for the Globe and Mail referring to what has been done. I do not often quote from the Globe and Mail : ``Sure the feds are using other provinces' tax revenues to ease the harmonization clause for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, just as they did to top up Ontario's coffers when the floor dropped out of its tax base during the 1991 recession or Alberta's when energy prices fell suddenly''.
He could have gone to talk about the support the federal government provided western grain farmers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba when they required help.
Let me simply say national unity is not helped with provincial premiers engaged in empty fed bashing or attacking other provinces. National unity is helped when the country recognizes the regions come together to help each other.