Mr. Speaker, considering the means that the federal government has at its disposal, it is puzzling to see that its budget forecasts are so far off the mark, while at the same time the government is arrogantly dictating to the provinces how things will be run, by telling them, for instance, that, as regards equalization, it is going to be the federal government's way and no other way.
How can the government justify its arrogance toward the provinces when, year after year, it keeps demonstrating its inability to make credible budget forecasts, despite the arsenal of means at its disposal?