Mr. Speaker, with his cuts to the provinces, the Minister of Finance has put enormous pressure on the health care system.
In his discussions with the provinces, the Prime Minister indicated he did not have the money to index health care programs.
How does the Prime Minister explain his saying he did not have enough money to index the health care programs, when his Minister of Finance is announcing surpluses of $12 billion, which were confirmed by documents that had no doubt gone to press at the time the discussions were held with the provinces, and may even have been known to him?