Mr. Speaker, unfortunately I do not have the list of the committee members with me. It is in my office and I would be glad to supply it to my colleague and anyone else who is interested in it.
In order to make the Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia agreement, no legislative changes were required. It did not have to be made to the Atlantic accord or to the equalization program. These payments are being made under the offshore revenue agreement and separate from the other accord. There is nothing stopping the finance minister from doing this with other provinces.
I want to point out that when the minister said that he has provided an extra $710 million in equalization for Saskatchewan, that number is misleading. Of that $710 million, the government is going to claw back $233 million in equalization payments. It gives with one hand and takes back with another and spends the money. Of that, $120 million was actually owed to us. That is money the Liberal government was supposed to have paid to us and did not. It gives us basically, according to his figures, $350 million when it could have been $8 billion over the last 10 years and it would be $4 billion over the next several years.
The finance minister needs to be held accountable for the fact that he is not representing fairly the people of this country and the people of Saskatchewan.