Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the ministers and the officials for being here with us.
Mr. Duclos, the Parliamentary Budget Officer has shown, and this is a fact, that what you call your dental care program will severely penalize Quebec. Quebec has 23 per cent of the children in Canada and will receive 13 per cent of the money. There are two reasons why Quebec is being penalized: first, Quebec already has a dental care coverage system, imperfect thought it may be, for children aged ten and under; second, Quebecers are more unionized than people in the rest of Canada and are therefore more likely to have paid for group insurance out of their own and their employer's pockets, which makes them ineligible for benefits.
Minister, I want to be sure that Quebecers hear your answer. Are you aware that your bill, which is sponsored by the NDP, is anti-union?