Le ministre des Finances, depuis son premier budget de 1994, a fortiori celui de 1995 et celui de 1996, va chercher cet argent dans la poche des contribuables, par différents canaux, premièrement, en coupant des transferts aux provinces au niveau de l'aide sociale, de l'éducation postsecondaire et de la santé.
Since his first budget in 1994, and even more so since his 1995 and 1996 budgets, the finance minister has been trying to get this money from the taxpayer, through various means, first, by cutting transfers to the provinces for welfare, postsecondary education and health.