Yes, they are using a Liberal calculator. They have trust funds sets aside; $3 billion in reserves to meet situations, they say. Where do they get those funds? They get them from overtaxing Canadians and not allowing any broad based tax relief that is meaningful. They are taking in funds through the GST. They are collecting money that ordinary taxpayers are paying and not giving it back to them when they need it in a crisis situation, like the farm communities in Saskatchewan. There were 49 sales every day of the month in March. The finance minister from Saskatchewan should be there visiting so he realizes there is a crisis there and money is not being used as it ought to be used in that particular province, the minister's home province.
In the House of Commons on March 7th, 2005. See this statement in context.