Je reconnais que les paiements de transfert ont été réduits à 11 milliards de dollars, mais la situat
ion s'est améliorée grâce au leadership, à la solidité financière du gouvernement actuel, à son engagement à maintenir le cap et à sa détermination à suivre les politiques dirigées par le premier ministre et le min
istre des Finances. Uniquement en raison de l'amélioration de notre situation financière, nous avons pu réta
blir les niveaux de financement et le seu ...[+++]il des paiements de transfert à 12,5 milliards de dollars.
I will admit that the transfer payments were indeed reduced to $11 billion. However, as progress was made due to the leadership, due to the financial strength that this government was showing, due to a commitment to stick to the guns, to follow the policies led by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, due to the improvement in our financial situation and nothing else, we were able to restore the funding levels and put back the floor in the transfer payments to $12.5 billion.