Madam Speaker, with regard to the national deficit reduction program, I think what the federal government is looking for, through Paul Martin, is closer ties with provinces and territories, a greater understanding of the difficulties in the different parts of Canada, and I think, through consultation, through cooperating with each other, there is a hope that we can deal with the whole of the national debt which includes not only the federal government's debt but also the provincial debt, as well. So, I think we are already working towards that through Finance Ministers' meetings where we discuss, back and forth, different aspects of financing across the country, the economy, et cetera.

With regard to the national tax reform initiative, the same sort of thing will apply, although I can see that this is going to be a much more detailed issue simply because we almost get into the area of overlap and duplication which the Honourable Minister Mass? is handling at the present time. So, I think the national tax reform initiative is probably going to be more difficult to overcome than agreeing on the fact that we are in debt and we need to do something about it.

As these two initiatives move along, Madam Speaker, I will be glad to update the House. Thank you.