Madam Speaker, I am very happy my colleague mentioned that the Prime Minister said recently that cuts to the provinces were the price to pay for a balanced budget.
Just to show how this government contradicts itself, I will quote what the Prime Minister said during the election campaign in 1993: “In our platform there are no plans to cut payments to individuals or to the provinces”. This is rather clear. It is in writing. These are the Prime Minister's own words.
Then he said cuts to the provinces were the way to a balanced budget. How contradictory!