Mr. Speaker, it is not a hardline approach. The Prime Minister wants effective accountability. I am sure the premiers want that too.
We all count and do math the same way, based on the same indicators. This will be effective and will not prevent the provinces from introducing their own innovations. As far as I know, math is math, whether you are in Canada or anywhere else in the world.
There are indicators for making comparisons between countries. I do not see why in Canada, we cannot use those same indicators to compare what the provinces are doing and what the Government of Canada is doing for aboriginals.