Madam Speaker, I listened to the hon. member's speech. I noticed that he did not seem to gather much support from his Liberal colleagues for his words. However, it is true that when the Liberals were in government, they did download quite a bit onto the provinces. That is how they balanced their budget.
He talked about health care. He might have been the then finance minister who cut $25 billion from the health and social transfers to the provinces unilaterally, as well as from students and seniors. The Liberals took the money that was destined for people who were unemployed and put it into general revenue. Those people had contributed to the employment insurance program. That member, who was probably the then minister of finance, stole that money from the workers and used it for other means.
As well, there was the sponsorship scandal. The Liberals actually stole money from Canadian taxpayers to help them win elections. Yet they get up in the House and pretend to care about Canadians, when the history of that party and that individual as finance minister is just the opposite. It is one of deceit and not caring about Canadians, seniors or people who are unemployed.