Thank you for the question.
If I may speak specifically to the issue of equalization, I know the Government of Quebec has certain views about what should be included and what should not be included in the formula, as do some other governments in Canada. They are not in agreement, and that's a reality.
At the end of the day, equalization is a federal program. It is not a provincially funded program. It is a federal program in Canada; it is a constitutionally mandated federal program. There is no discretion in the Government of Canada about whether or not to have equalization. The Constitution says one must have equalization. At the end of the day, it's the obligation of the federal government to move ahead with some kind of equalization payments. We did that in the budget this year, as you know.
We hope the discussions will be useful and fruitful this year, but we intend to move ahead. We must have an equalization program, and at the end of the day we will have a federal equalization program.