Mr. Speaker, the hon. member pointed out the fact that our finance minister discussed what he would like to see in the Ontario budget. That is true. We did have a wish list for the Ontario budget.
However, what the hon. member did not talk about are some things that people did not see, things that the Liberal government never allowed them to see in an Ontario provincial budget when the Liberals were the federal government. The Liberals presided over a time when the fiscal imbalance grew to some $22 billion and they never provided things like per capita transfers to the province of Ontario. Despite Ontario being 38% of the population and 41% of the GDP, it received only about 22% of the infrastructure dollars under the previous Liberal government.
However, the hon. member is different and I know he is different. He has gone on the record on many occasions with past comments which indicate that he firmly supports the Ontario Liberal government receiving equal per capita transfers, transfers that are fair from coast to coast.
I would like to ask the member if he does support equal per capita transfers for the province of Ontario and, for that matter, for all provinces.