The Prime Minister did promise that he would not cut transfers to the provinces, but he is downloading the costs onto the provinces, which is essentially cutting transfers if they are not actually going to raise the transfers to meet the download cost.
Le premier ministre a promis qu'il ne réduirait pas les transferts aux provinces. Or, il refile des coûts aux provinces, ce qui revient essentiellement au même si les transferts ne sont pas accrus en conséquence.