Madam Speaker, there were a few things there. This is a serious topic, but it is interesting how the long legacy of Mr. Harper lives in the heads of many in the NDP-Liberal party. That being said, I know very clearly that the Harper government increased the value of transfer payments to 6% on a year-over-year basis, which is more than any government had done previously. During a press conference, the Leader of the Opposition and I made it clear that we would honour commitments that have already been made to provinces.
The other interesting part of this is that there are many opportunities for the federal government to show leadership, which the NDP-Liberal government refuses to take, to get folks on board, such as with the blue seal program, which would allow international medical graduates with experience to apply their trade in our great country, providing a service to Canadians who desperately need it. I have mentioned many times that seven million Canadians do not have access to primary care under the failed NDP-Liberal government.
Then, of course, there is the ability to get the appropriate stakeholders and decision-makers together to support the provinces so they can unfold the mandate that is so essential to what they are trying to do.
It is a shame that the New Democrats continue to prop up the Liberal government. They say the house is burning down, but they are Nero on the wall playing the fiddle.