Excellent column,a good explanation why we are always in the cycle of taking one step forward and two steps back. Government's reluctance to properly fund anything provincial , is that after the initial announcement of funding, the credit invariably goes to the provinces, and the feds want their credit. The fact that its our tax dollars never seems to enter into the equation. This of course will never change, we pay in, and then if the provinces ask nicely we will get some back.