Mr. Speaker, if on this side of the House we walked on water the opposition would say “why can't you swim”. It seems we continually hear from the other side that it could do it better. I think we are demonstrating that we are doing it better. I agree with the finance minister because obviously this government has taken the approach in the last four years of reducing EI premiums continually, which had not been the case previously.
Of course it was a partnership. There is no question that Canadians as a whole worked very hard to make sure we were able to reduce this deficit. It is now that the government through the fiscal dividend is able to share, in particular in health care. The national round table on health said that the government allocation of dollars was right on. I think the approach we have taken is the correct one.