Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the government has pursued a course that entirely respects the jurisdictions of the provinces and territories. That is exactly what more predictable, dependable transfers are all about, putting them on a principled based approach and making sure that provinces and territorial governments have the resources they need to make the decisions within their jurisdictions. In fact, the government has taken a completely different track than what we have seen historically when the federal government did intervene on issues that were within provincial jurisdiction.
This is an important principle that we will continue to make up. The approach we have taken, as was provided under the fiscal balance arrangements in budget 2007, speaks exactly to that very principle.