Mr. Speaker, my question is for the finance minister.
The environment minister says he wants funding for public transit; so do cities, the environmentalists and indeed the NDP. We have been very clear on that. The finance minister clearly knows this because his office called for a copy of Jack Layton's speech to a municipal conference last week, presumably so he could bone up before his own speech.
Why is the finance minster, who boasts of his surplus, the only one who refuses dedicated transit funds to help our cities and the environment?