Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance.
In responding earlier to my colleague, he talked about the changes to equalization. However, it is really the clawback arrangement that concerns us. When Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and other provinces develop their resources, most of the royalties from those resources go to the federal government and we are left with very little. If we could keep our royalties until we reached the Canadian average, we would be a contributor.
Would the minister look at that? What we need is fairness. We certainly do not need another snow job in Newfoundland.