Mr. Speaker, let us be clear that what is on the table is a new plan for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, if they care to take it, and the rest of Canada. But what is also on the table for Nova Scotia is the Nova Scotia-Canada offshore accord exactly as it was negotiated under the former government in 1982 by the provincial government in Nova Scotia and in 1986 by the Buchanan government in Nova Scotia. It is exactly the same plan. If that is the best plan for Nova Scotia, the plan that the Liberals signed, then it should take that plan.
I am here to say it is not the best plan because the new plan offers $95 million more in equalization payments to Nova Scotia. It offers $112 million in tax relief to Nova Scotians. The Liberals can obfuscate and disenfranchise as much as they want, but the reality is the new plan is better. If the Nova Scotia government decides it wants to take the old plan for some long term planning reasons, it has that option.