Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Abitibi for his intervention. I was very interested in his discussion about transfers. I presume we are talking about transfer payments, all kinds of payments that go from the federal government into the local provincial jurisdictions.
I also listened with interest with respect to the empowerment of individuals within the province, in particular his province of Quebec. In view of that thought process I wonder if what he is suggesting is that with something like the equalization payment transfer system we should be transferring these moneys directly to the municipalities in the province of Quebec and not to the provincial government. Would that be his suggestion?