Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the philosophical speech of the member opposite. He spoke of a flexible federalist government but that government actually appears dictatorial to me.
I would like to know what the hon. member thinks of this government which, after cutting billions of dollars in provincial transfers, now says it wants to put some money back into those transfers, but not unconditionally. Indeed, this government wants to interfere to the point of dictating to the provinces how to administer billions of dollars, how to become part of Canada-wide programs, while the Canada Health Act already provides for five conditions to which all provincial governments in Canada have already agreed.
Why should the federal government interfere even further? Why?