Mr. Speaker, we are totally on plan, as outlined in budget 2006, with respect to the discussions on equalization and moving from fiscal imbalance to fiscal balance. This is the fiscal imbalance that the party opposite does not believe exists in Canada, but this government believes there is a fiscal imbalance that needs to be corrected.
Discussions have been happening between ministers in the federal government and the provincial ministers. The ministers of finance, as planned, will be meeting on December 15 in Vancouver and then will be moving toward steps in budget 2007, all according to plan.