Mr. Speaker, these cuts amounted to $932 million in cash transfers. That is much more than what the municipalities were cut, as the Minister of Finance is well aware. The Minister of Finance is not naive. He can do the math; what matters is what he does with the money once he has it.
The truth is that cash transfers have decreased. The federal government has more money than responsibilities.
How can the minister stand by while those providing direct health, education, and social services to the public do not have the funds needed to do the job, and those with no responsibility for these sectors build up surpluses? That is the problem.