In all cases it is.
In another debate they talked about transfers and said that we were not giving enough in transfers and that we needed to give more.
What does the member ask tonight? He asks how come we have not been over the shoulder of Ontario all the time.
I will tell the member that under the agreement that transfers the money to the provinces, the provinces have agreed to tell us how they have used the money. The minister has invited them to tell us before the agreement expires so and that we find out first.
The money is transferred to the provinces over a period of many years so that they will provide the services necessary for those people because there are many additional costs for those people and we do not want to put them to be in financial hardship. We work through the provinces. It is called cooperative federalism. It works very well and we will continue to work that way.