Mr. Speaker, I have a short question. As we know, in the ongoing federal-provincial negotiations, the provinces have asked that the equalization formula be amended to take into account the fiscal capacity of all ten provinces. It is estimated that such a change would cost the federal government another $3 billion a year.
Is the bill introduced today not a way for the government to put things off for another year and a half, to get through the period where nobody knows who is Prime Minister and to get through the next election, and then to come back with another bill we do not know nothing about?
Is there more than meets the eye with the introduction of this bill today, given all that the provinces are asking for, including taking into account the situation of alle ten provinces, which is not what the federal government is doing at present?