There is a real democratic deficit surrounding these various revenue-sharing formulas. When we speak of a lack of transparency, we are referring to the difficulty citizens have understanding how revenue-sharing is done; it is clear that they find it very difficult to draw conclusions about the desirable, intended or undesirable effects of this revenue-sharing.
The federal government, in its decisions, may disregard the trade-offs made by a province or between provinces and implement programs whose objectives are not even debated within the provinces. In the case of Quebec, this is a rather frequent occurrence. This happened with early childhood programs. We see it in the dental care program. We—