That is fine. We have been down that road. I am not even suggesting that we debate that. It is under provincial jurisdiction.
However, let us be fair and honest. Is it not remarkable when he says he was able to balance the budget of the province of Alberta? It has three million people and more gas and oil revenues than Saudi Arabia. Perhaps that is an exaggeration but I want to make a point. It is an extremely well endowed part of the country when it comes to revenues from natural resources. That is not a criticism, that is a celebration of Alberta.
I only suggest to the former leader of the Canadian Alliance and the current critic for foreign affairs for that party that when he wants to stand and celebrate his success as a treasurer in that province that he put all the cards on the table. I am not saying he did a bad job. I am not criticizing the finances of the province of Alberta nor the government of Alberta. I am just saying let us put all the cards on the table.
I remember Premier Ralph Klein saying to keep those welfare bums from the east out of Alberta. Did he not want to give them one way tickets back to Ontario because he did not want any of them?