Madam Speaker, I could speak to many of the items the member Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre commented on.
Regarding the federal transfers, as I said earlier the federal transfers have gone from $37.4 billion in 1993-94 to $38.6 billion in this year alone. We are back to the days of the 1993 transfers.
With respect to Saskatchewan, in 2000-01 the federal transfers to Saskatchewan will exceed $1.2 billion. They will account for about 22% of the Saskatchewan government's estimated revenues. They will equate to about $1,174 per person and over the next five years will total about $6.3 billion. I think that is pretty fair.
With respect to the income tax cuts, the member should check the budget closely because it is targeted to middle and low income Canadians. For example, a one earner family of four with an income of under $35,000 will receive more in benefits than it pays in the year 2004. I could go on and on.
There is the agricultural aid. We can all empathize with the plight of the farmers on the prairies but in the last three or four budgets we have put in over $2 billion and $240 million was announced recently.
The member should be more candid and fair in his critique of the budget.
Would the member comment on the increase in the Canada child tax benefit which will increase to $9 billion a year? Will that not help children?