Mr. Speaker, we are negotiating the social union. We are not negotiating the budget of the federal government. It is not a question of trading. We are not in the business of trading anything there.
What we need to do is to find a formula for a good social program which will apply to all Canadians and which is done by the provinces and the federal government in a co-ordinated fashion.
The question of the budget is another problem. I said in August in New Brunswick, long before the question was asked, that the first investment will be in health care. I said that five months ago.