Mr. Speaker, I will reply to this question because I want to reaffirm again that we have restored the level of transfers to the provinces to the level it was in 1993-94. This is the only program that we have restored entirely since the period of cuts. It is up to the provincial governments to decide what they do with the transfers. They can apply it to health care, education or welfare.
In the House of Commons on February 21st, 2000. See this statement in context.