Mr. Speaker, what we have managed to do, remarkably, is to make our way through the economic ruins left by the last government to restore fiscal balance and at the same time maintain cash transfers to the provinces at a floor of $12.5 billion a year. That is a remarkable achievement. We will bring that kind of skill and commitment to this issue as well.
In the House of Commons on May 13th, 1998. See this statement in context.