Thank you, Mr. Beaudin. I forwarded to the clerk a document that—
Sorry, I can't do this in French. I was going to try.
I left a document with the clerk saying that w hen we were designing the stimulus package we indicated that we felt the federal government had a leadership role to play in EI, in housing, on the GST refundable tax credit, and in WITB. There's a number of things the federal government can do without the provinces, but the provinces are where there have been the most dramatic commitments to poverty reduction, particularly in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and now Ontario. It looks like Manitoba is coming onstream. It looks like Nova Scotia is contemplating something. There is some momentum.
In our stimulus package, we said that we believed the federal government had a supporting role to help those provinces that are moving forward, much as the federal government did in the 1960s with social assistance, with cost-shared programs. This would be a conditional cost-shared transfer. It's outlined in some depth in the document I have left with the clerk of the committee, who is getting it translated. You will have it in your hands. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions about the nature of that transfer.