Mr. Speaker, starting negotiations after decisions have been made amounts to coercion.
The minister has rejected outright the provinces' grievances concerning the shell game he is playing with worker training. It is simple: with one hand he is taking the money given to the provinces and, with the other, he is asking for additional money from the provinces for a program designed and managed by Ottawa. His predecessor did not hold consultations, and the current minister seems to be following his lead.
Is the minister holding discussions with Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia in order to find potential solutions for a problem that he created?