Mr. Speaker, the premiers of the Atlantic provinces and Quebec's finance minister have noted that the old tactics instituted by the Prime Minister when he was Minister of Finance are still in use. The size of the surplus is being underestimated in order to keep it all for the debt, or, probably, for election promises.
Will the federal finance minister make a commitment—as the provincial premiers and the Quebec finance minister have asked—to make the $2 billion for health a recurring amount, now that we know the surplus will be twice as large as predicted?