Because her party's platform in the last election called for the absolute gutting of these transfer payments, of these equalization payments, so that our poorer provinces, the provinces where access to basic services are important and need the support of equalization, would be disadvantaged.
C'est parce que, lors des dernières élections, le programme de son parti préconisait l'élimination des paiements de péréquation, ce qui aurait eu pour effet de désavantager les provinces les plus pauvres, celles qui ont besoin de la péréquation pour assurer les services de base.