Mr. Speaker, in the last year and a half I travelled across the country to talk to Canadians, to the provinces and our stakeholders. Canadians have been saying that the federal government and provincial governments should be working together. Canadians want us to reduce overlap and duplication. They want us to get rid of the red tape. Provinces are supportive. This is what Canadians wanted. We have listened to Canadians. We heard and we are responding to Canadians.
In the House of Commons on November 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.