Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
After trying in vain for a reimbursement of $127 million for fiscal year 1991-92 under the stabilization program, Quebec is forced to appeal to the Federal Court in order to win its claim. Unperturbed, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs responded cynically and arrogantly that it was perfectly normal for Quebec to apply to the courts. Are we to understand that the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs considers it normal for Quebec to have to apply to the courts to obtain what Ottawa has owed it for the past four years? Is this what they call flexible federalism?