Mr. Speaker, like most things we hear from the Leader of the Opposition, the facts he has stated simply are not true.
Let me state what has taken place. We have offered to cost share a number of strategic initiatives with the province of Quebec. In August of this year we arrived at an agreement in principle and one that would be particularly appropriate for helping young people to get employed. An election ensued.
I wrote to my counterpart after the election to suggest that we were prepared to move ahead. My deputy has written to his counterpart to say that all we want from the province of Quebec is for it to establish among six or seven projects what priority projects it has.
As soon as Quebec is prepared to confirm with us what its priority projects are we will go ahead in a co-operative way and work with it. Because the strategic initiatives are part and parcel of an important element of the overall review of social policy, I am glad to hear that the Leader of the Opposition and the Quebec government now want to become part of that process.