Mr. Speaker, the very simple principle is that there was an election promise that no province will be made off. That is the principle at play.
Fairness forces me to acknowledge that the president of the higher income tax club may be beginning to see the Liberal light now that he seems to be adopting the Liberal plan to cut income tax. But that does not justify a long line of broken agreements, tearing up Kelowna, the child care agreements, and the Canada-Ontario accord. No wonder Danny Williams is nervous.
Will the minister just promise to Danny Williams that Newfoundland and Labrador--