Mr. Speaker, yesterday, in reference to money transfers and tax point transfers to the provinces,the Prime Minister said, “In the end, the result is the same”. But that is wrong. It is not the same thing, and the Prime Minister knows it full well. In fact, he just pointed it out.
Can the Prime Minister deny that there is a huge difference between the transfer of money through tax points and the transfer of cash, which would give Quebec and the provinces permanent, reliable and independent revenues that Ottawa would not be able cut at will, as has been the case in the past?