Mr. Speaker, our government has accomplished a great deal since it came to power. Between 1984 and 1993 we were not there, unfortunately, but in the February 1995 budget we announced a major shift toward decentralization. Through our program review, we have to restrict the role of the federal government in the various areas for which it is responsible.
Furthermore, in addition to offering the provinces a mechanism for reducing duplication, we signed 64 agreements to that end within the past 18 months, including a dozen agreements with Quebec.