Mr. Speaker, I have a couple of points of clarification for the hon. member.
The member said that this government had no impact on interest rates. When the member's party was in office and we had a $42 billion deficit, a climbing debt and all the rest of it, interest rates were way up. The fact that we have our fiscal house in order is the reason interest rates are on a downward track and not on an upward track. But I know it takes some convincing since they do not quite understand the concept.
They talk about the tinkering in this bill. If I recall correctly that was the party that talked about eliminating the cash component of the CHST and going with tax points. They talked about eliminating the role of the federal government with respect to transfers. They said that the federal government has no role in transfers to the provinces.
We put the cash floor in place to ensure there is a federal presence in the transfers to the provinces, to ensure that we can enforce the Canada Health Act. Those are Canadian priorities which is something that party is completely out of sync with.
He talked about a by province floor. I point to the fact that when we talk about transfers to provinces we have to talk about total entitlements. Total entitlements are made up of a cash component and a tax point component. Total entitlements to the provinces are increasing because of the changes that are going on that this government has made. It will continue to increase so that provinces can continue to provide for their own constituents.
I am at odds to understand where this member is coming from.