Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to mention that, first of all, as Mr. Côté said, we cannot be responsible for previous Liberal governments stripping social transfers to the provinces. However, I think what I would like to say, and I think Mr. Caron would agree, is that there can't be any better thing to link transfers to than the GDP, than the growth of the economy and how the economy is doing, whether it be enlarging or reducing.
What is a better indicator of what you should do in your future than the economy itself? It's a rhetorical question, so it's not really a question. It's just to say that there are a lot of different options, but I think Finance, in doing this, in this linkage, is using the best possible methodology by which to carry forward.
I know in Fort McMurray, for instance, 60% to 70% of the people don't have general practitioner doctors. We do have an issue with our health care system, and the federal government is doing its part, as Ms. McLeod said.
I think to link it directly to the gross domestic product is probably the best thing we can possibly do in the circumstances.