This is a two-faced budget because it does not seem to tackle anything this year whereas next year and especially the year after, there will be, there will have to be drastic cuts to health care, education and social assistance. In two of these three areas, the government is reserving the right to cut transfers if it feels that the provinces are not abiding by national standards.
Dans deux de ces trois champs-là, le gouvernement, actuellement, se garde la capacité de couper des transferts s'il estime que les provinces ne respectent pas ces normes nationales.