Mr. Speaker, as far as money is concerned, the Government of Canada considers health a priority. What the provinces will get is what it is possible to give them, within this government's fiscal capacities. It must be clearly understood that the $8 billion figure given by the member is from before the last quarter, which is historically always a more difficult period.
This time last year, the federal surplus was $13.3 billion, and it ended up at $7.9 billion. This year we are talking $8 billion, and it will be less than that by year end. We need to be reasonable. Based on this and given all the priorities of the provinces, we—