Mr. Speaker, either the minister is purposely creating confusion, or else he himself is confused about this topic.
A third study, from the Mowat Centre, confirms that the provinces will have to bear the costs of and go along with the Conservative government and its ideological income splitting plan. The total bill for the provinces is $1.7 billion as of the first year. The federal government is using the EI fund surplus to balance its budget. The provinces, for the most part, are struggling with their budgets.
Is this the government's version of co-operative federalism?