Mr. Speaker, I have the feeling my hon. colleague misunderstands the purpose of the estimates.
What the estimates indicate is what the money is being spent on and in this case the increases that have taken place, the increases that are in the budget, the increases which they can look at and vote on, are all increases that benefit Canadians. Whether they are equalization payments or health transfers, they are for the benefit of Canadians.
My colleague is nitpicking. The really important expenditures he seems to forget or not know about.