Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that people have to do this. The money is in the federal treasury. There should be more money put into transfers from the federal government. The surplus is now $11 billion more than it was thought to be only a few months ago. The federal government should be putting up its fair share of the money. If that were to happen, then private fundraising would not be required.
I also say to the member that Saskatchewan is one of the few provinces which backfilled the drop in federal contributions dollar for dollar. That is actually quite a feat for a small province which does not have a big treasury like Alberta or Ontario.