Mr. Speaker, certainly it is very important to look at those numbers, but I believe that when we say we can look at only at half the question and not the whole question, we do mislead to a degree the whole perception of what is accurate and what has been done.
However, I want to point out that in 1994-95 the cash and tax transfers to the provinces from the federal government were $29.4 billion. In 2001-02 the same transfers amount to $34.6 billion, an increase of approximately $5 billion, or a 17% increase, so while my hon. colleague mentioned that inflation has gone up 15%, in my book this is 2% above inflation.