Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out to the hon. member that I do not recall them standing, complaining or commenting when every other provincial finance minister commented previous to our budgets the last number of years about what they would like to see from the federal budget. When it came to the lead up time for us developing what we wanted to see for this country, it seemed to be fine for the provincial finance ministers to be commenting.
In my view there is no reason that the federal finance minister cannot comment on what the provinces should be doing for this country and the provinces to have a more productive economy.
The facts are that a few days after the provincial budget came out we announced the community development trust, with $358 million to Ontario; the public transit capital trust fund, with $195 million to Ontario; and, of course, the police officer recruitment fund of $156 million.
We are working with Ontario and with every province to make this country a better place to live and to improve the quality--