Mr. Speaker, I think the Leader of the Opposition is getting a bit upset. The answers given by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs were quite clear.
Here in the national capital, some people live in Quebec and work on this side of the river, while some people on this side of the river work on the other side. The minister just said that in his riding, Hull-Aylmer, on that side, 1,700 residents work on research and development in laboratories on this side, in the national capital. If we exclude the national capital, in other words, if we compare Quebec with the other provinces, Quebec receives more than its share.
It has 24 per cent of the population and receives 30 per cent. That is clear, if we compare Quebec with Saskatchewan and Ontario with Quebec. Here in the national capital, we share and share alike. We have lived together for more than a century and will continue to live together for another hundred years.