Mr. Speaker, I think there was unparliamentary language used again. I do not think the government stole any money from the EI fund. One, it followed the instructions of the Auditor General. Two, there has been a $7 billion increase in equalization payments. Three, the government under the Prime Minister when he was minister of finance gave the largest tax cut in recent years. That is prudent management. It has not put a stranglehold on anyone.
The Quebec minister of finance wrote the report and he deemed it appropriate to make tax cuts totalling $1 billion. If a province does not have revenues to balance its expenses, I really do not know how the federal government can be blamed for it.