Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary explained the contributions very well.
As I explained earlier, this is a joint plan between the federal and provincial governments. We cannot change the plan alone. We need the collaboration of the provinces. Because the provinces needed the money to finance their operations, they were urging us to make the contributions equal to the payments for the future.
At this time there is a deficit. The hon. leader of the third party is always talking about deficits but when we try to do something to put the finances of the nation together, he does not support us. He is the one who has completely changed his position. Because he is now desperate, he is trying to buy the votes of Canadians with their own money.