Mr. Speaker, a few five-minute consultations per month on the phone is not consulting with the premiers.
Leaders from across the country are meeting in Halifax today to work together to come up with solutions to Canada's economic problems—all but one, the Prime Minister of Canada. He still has time to change his mind, show some leadership and prove to Canadians that he is capable of working with his colleagues, the provincial premiers.
If the Prime Minister can fly his limousines to India, surely he can catch a plane to Halifax.