Mr. Speaker, is the hon. member from the NDP aware of what was brought down yesterday in the budget? When it comes to the CHST, only 2% will be going into the total Atlantic region. Ninety-eight per cent will go to central Canada and out west.
People back home put a think tank together. Our people will be hit extremely hard. I will read what was said by the minister of finance back home in the province of New Brunswick. He said that there is an imbalance in the Canadian federation with Ottawa hoarding all the money while the provinces are left holding the bag on the country's most expensive program, health care. I want to say that when a province only gets 2%, it is not even coming up to the 1993 level.
This is a very serious situation which must be addressed by both sides of the House. Was the hon. member aware of that? Are all my colleagues in the House aware of what took place here yesterday?