Madam Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member's question. It is a good question as well.
We are not going to fall into the trap of beating up on the provinces in order to divert attention and responsibility away from the federal government. It seems to me that if we had a genuine federal-provincial partnership, if we had a federal government that had not lost credibility on medicare by opting out of all the funds practically, down to 14%, then the provinces would not be running for cover and doing whatever they wanted to do. There would be a real partnership.
It seems to me that the onus goes back to the government. It must show that it has the leadership, initiative and political will to create a kind of federalism where there is a partnership with the provinces, where there is a buy-in with provincial governments to use those funds for health care or education. I would ask the member to answer his own question about the failure of how those transfers take place.